Famous People with Name Iser

Iosif Iser            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Iosif Iser: was a Romanian painter and graphic artist.Born to a Jewish family, he was initially inspired by Expressionism, creating drawings with thick, unmodulated, lines and steep angles. After studies in Munich and Paris, Iser worked for the socialist press (Facla and the original version of Adevarul), publishing a large number of caricatures (most of them satirising the Romanian Monarchy). He also started his first series of paintings with Dobrujan themes, usually featuring local Tatar portraits.

Roc Oliva Isern            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Roc Oliva Isern: is a Spanish field hockey player. He was a member of the Spanish National Team that claimed the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He plays in Atl?tic Terrassa Hockey Club. He has a very strong French accent.

Paul Erdmann Isert            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Paul Erdmann Isert: was a German botanist. Isert was born in Angermünde/Brandenburg, but educated in Denmark. He was the first scientist to identify the Violet Turaco, Musophaga violacea. He is also known for his attempts to end the Danish-Norwegian slave trade.He was appointed Chief Surgeon to Christiansborg (Osu, Accra) in Danish Guinea, arriving there in 1783. He obtained this position even though he was very young, because it was a job no one wanted. At the time the average life expectancy of European expats to the area was only a few months.After a few years in Christiansborg, Isert signed on as a physician aboard a slave ship. En route from Danish Guinea, on the second day at sea, he witnessed a slave rebellion on the open sea, which almost cost him his life. The cargo of 452 blacks rose against the whites, with a resulting loss of 34 of their number and 2 of the crew wounded after a heated battle. In the West Indies, he visited Saint Croix, Saint. Thomas, Saint John, Guadeloupe and Martinique.