Weiser
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Weiser is the name of two towns in the United States:
Several individuals have the surname Weiser:
There is also a film by that name:
There is a book publisher by that name:
There is a door lock manufacturer by that name:
- Weiser, IdahoWeiser, IdahoWeiser is a city in the rural western part of the U.S. state of Idaho and the county seat of Washington County. With its mild climate, the city supports farm, orchard, and livestock endeavors in the vicinity. The city sits at the confluence of the Weiser River with the great Snake River, which...
- Weiser Township, North Dakota
Several individuals have the surname Weiser:
- Conrad WeiserConrad WeiserWeiser's colonial service began in 1731. The Iroquois sent Shikellamy, an Oneida chief, as an emissary to other tribes and the British. Shikellamy lived on the Susquehanna River at Shamokin village, near present-day Sunbury, Pennsylvania. An oral tradition holds that Weiser met Shikellamy while...
, German pioneer - Grethe WeiserGrethe WeiserGrethe Weiser was a German actress.- Biography :Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufacturer in 1920. Her only child, a son, was born in 1922...
, German actress - Johann Conrad Weiser, Sr.Johann Conrad Weiser, Sr.Johann Conrad Weiser, Sr. was a German soldier, baker, and farmer who fled his homeland with thousands of other German Palatines and settled in New York. Weiser became a leader in the Palatine community and was founder of their settlement of Weiser's Dorf, now known as Middleburgh, New York...
, German Palatine - Mark WeiserMark WeiserMark D. Weiser was a chief scientist at Xerox PARC in the United States. Weiser is widely considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing, a term he coined in 1988.-Biography:...
, chief scientist of Xerox PARC - MalbimMalbimMeïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel Weiser , better known by the acronym Malbim , was a rabbi, Hebrew grammar master, and Bible commentator....
(Meïr Löb ben Jehiel Michel Weiser), Russian rabbi - Peter M. WeiserPeter M. WeiserPeter M. Weiser was an American soldier and member of the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The town of Weiser, Idaho, and the nearby Weiser River are named for him.-Biography:...
, member of the Corps of Discovery
There is also a film by that name:
- Weiser (film) (2001)
There is a book publisher by that name:
- Red Wheel Weiser ConariRed Wheel Weiser ConariRed Wheel Weiser Conari, also known in different periods in its history as RedWheel/Weiser, LLC and Samuel Weiser, Inc., is a book publisher with three imprints: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books...
, a publisher previously known as Weiser or Samuel Weiser, Inc from 1956 to 2000
There is a door lock manufacturer by that name:
- Weiser Lock, begun in 1904