Herdis von Magnus
Herdis von Magnus( 23 September 1912 – 15 March 1992) was a renowned Danish polio expert who once worked with Jonas Salk, following which she directed the first Danish polio vaccination programme with her husband Preben von Magnus.
She also worked on encephalitis.
Elisabeth von Trapp
Elisabeth von Trapp( born 1955) is a folk singer.
Elisabeth von Eicken
Elisabeth von Eicken( 18 July 1862 – 21 July 1940) was a German landscape painter.
Elisabeth von Magnus
Elisabeth von Magnus (
née Countess
Elisabeth
Juliana
de
la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; born 29 May 1954 in Vienna) is an Austrian classical mezzo-soprano.
The daughter of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt and violinist Alice Harnoncourt, her professional name comes from her first marriage to Ernst-Jürgen von Magnus.
She studied recorder in Vienna, theater at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and voice with Hertha Töpper at the Conservatory of Munich.
Her other teachers have included Paul Schilhawsky.
Early in her career, she performed as a recorder soloist with the Concentus Musicus Wien.
She has also worked for ORF as a presenter and announcer.
von Magnus appeared at the Salzburg Festival first in 1993 in Mozart's "Great Mass in C minor" as well as in "L'incoronazione di Poppea" and "Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610" of Monteverdi.
She took part in several projects with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, such as a production of Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" staged by Jürgen Flimm in Amsterdam.
Her US debut in 1991 was in Bach’s
"St Matthew Passion" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Peter Schreier.
Her recordings include participation in the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir.
She has also appeared in recordings for such labels as Teldec and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
Her marriage to Ernst-Jürgen von Magnus, from 1981 to 1999, produced three children, and ended in divorce.
In 1999, she married the tenor and choral conductor Simon Schouten.
Outside of performance, Elisabeth von Magnus also serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Art and International Affairs at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, since the summer of 2012.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Johann Nikolaus Graf [Count] de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; 6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music from the Classical era and earlier.
Starting out as a classical cellist, he founded his own period instrument ensemble, Concentus Musicus Wien, in the 1950s, and became a pioneer of the Early Music movement.
Around 1970, Harnoncourt started to conduct opera and concert performances, soon leading renowned international symphony orchestras, and appearing at leading concert halls, operatic venues and festivals.
His repertoire then widened to include composers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 2001 and 2003, he conducted the Vienna New Year's Concert.
Harnoncourt was also the author of several books, mostly on subjects of performance history and musical aesthetics.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Adolf von Thadden
Adolf von Thadden( 7 July 1921 – 16 July 1996) was a German far- right politician.
Born into a leading Pomeranian landowning family – he was born at the noble estate of Gut Trieglaff near Greifenberg in Pomerania – he was the half- brother of Elisabeth von Thadden, a prominent critic of the Nazis who was executed by the Nazi government in September 1944.
Preben von Magnus
Preben Christian Alexander von Magnus( 25 February 1912 – 9 August 1973) was a Danish virologist who is known for his research on influenza, polio vaccination and monkeypox.
He gave his name to the Von Magnus phenomenon.
In the 1950s, together with his wife the virologist Herdis von Magnus, he directed the first Danish vaccination programme against polio.
In 1958, he was the first to confirm the identity of the monkeypox virus and to describe monkeypox in laboratory crab-eating Macaques during two outbreaks of the disease in the summer and autumn of that year.
In 1959 he was appointed director of the Statens Serum Institut.
He represented Denmark at the 1959 Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs where he explained that respiratory viruses such as influenza and the common cold were unsuitable as biological weapons.
He became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1965.

Question: What is the date of birth of Elisabeth Von Magnus's father?
Answer: 6 December 1929