Famous People with Name Ernst

Sir Ernst Boris Chain            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Sir Ernst Boris Chain: as a German-born British biochemist,Chain was born in Berlin to a Russian father who moved from his birthland to study chemistry abroad, and a German Berliner mother. In 1930, he received his degree in chemistry from Friedrich Wilhelm University. After the Nazis came to power, Chain knew that he, being a Jew, would no longer be safe in Germany. He left Germany in 1933 and moved to England.

William Gordon Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Gordon Ernst: was a Canadian politician. Born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, he first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 federal election in the Nova Scotia riding of Queens—Lunenburg. A Conservative, he was defeated but he was elected in the 1926 federal election. He was re-elected in 1930 and defeated in 1935. In 1935, he was the Minister of Fisheries.

James Arthur Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Arthur Ernst: is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a municipal councillor in Winnipeg from 1973 to 1986 and a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1986 to 1997. From 1988 to 1997, Ernst was a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Gary Filmon. Ernst left municipal politics to run for the provincial legislature in Manitoba's 1986 provincial election. He was elected in the west-end Winnipeg riding of Charleswood as a Progressive Conservative, defeating his closest opponent by almost 4000 votes. The election was narrowly won by the New Democratic Party, and Ernst joined 25 other Conservatives in opposition. Ernst was convincingly re-elected in the 1995 provincial election. He was removed from cabinet following a shuffle on January 6, 1997, and resigned from the legislature on October 28 of the same year.

Johan Conrad Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Johan Conrad Ernst: was a Danish architect and royal master builder. He was the son of Johan Adolf Ernst, a successful linen merchant who had immigrated from Nuremberg and had a luxurious residence on Amagertorv in Copenhagen. In 1696, as royal master builder, he was sent to Stockholm to assist Tessin in completing a wooden model and plans for a new residential palace for Christian V. The king intended to have it built on the Amalienborg site but nothing came of the venture. After the Great Fire in Bergen, Norway, on 19 May 1702, Ernst was among the architects drawn upon for the rebuilding of the city. He designed the Manufakturhuset and Hagerupgården, both completed in 1705. His early work also included Elers' Kollegium (1705) and a chapel in the Church of Holmen (1708). The following year, under instructions from the master builder general, Vilhelm Platens, Ernst became responsible for extending the recently built Frederiksberg Palace (1708–1709).[3] On Platen's retirement, Ernst became his successor with an annual remuneration of 1,000 rigsdaler.