Famous People with Name Diederich

Diederich Krug            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Diederich Krug: was a German pianist and composer. He was born in Hamburg and studied under Jakob Schmitt. He wrote a large number of pieces for piano, around 350 in all, which were popular with amateur pianists. Typical examples are gathered in the Pianoforte-Album which appeared as No. 1220 in the Collection Litolff; it contains eight works: Chant d'Adieu (Op. 307), Le petit Chevalier (Op. 312 No. 2), Einsames Haideblümchen (Op. 329, No. 2), La petite Coquette (Op. 306), Minnelied (Op. 289), Tyrolienne (Op. 308, No. 1), Der Wachtelruf (Op. 317 No. 2), and Impromptu-Romance (Op. 286).

Diederich Hinrichsen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Diederich Hinrichsen: is a German mathematician who, together with Hans W. Knobloch, established the field of dynamical systems theory and control theory in Germany. In 1966 he got his PhD at the University of Erlangen under the supervision of Heinz Bauer.[1] His main research

François Diederich            Origin/Culture/Country: French

François Diederich: a Luxembourgian chemist specialising in organic chemistry. He obtained both his diploma and PhD from the University of Heidelberg in 1977 and 1979, respectively. After postdoctoral studies with Prof. Chapman at the University of California, Los Angeles and habilitation at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, he became Full Professor at UCLA in 1989. In 1992 he was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at ETH Zurich.His research interests cover a wide range of topics. A multi-dimensional approach is used to study molecular recognition phenomena in chemistry and biology. This includes structure-based design of lead compounds for a number of targets such as plasmepsin II (malaria), t-RNA guanine transglycosylase (shigellosis), trypanothione reductase (African sleeping sickness), and catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT, Parkinson's disease).

Nicolaas Diederichs            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Nicolaas Diederichs: served as the third State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.An economist, Diederichs obtained a doctorate from the University of Leyden. During the 1930s and 1940s he became a prominent figure in Afrikaner nationalist circles. He founded the Red

Georg Diederichs            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Georg Diederichs: was a German politician, a member of the SPD, who served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony.