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- Abraham GeigerAbraham GeigerAbraham Geiger was a German rabbi and scholar who led the founding of Reform Judaism...
(1810–1874), German reform rabbi - Arno GeigerArno GeigerArno Geiger is an Austrian novelist.Geiger grew up in the village of Wolfurt near Bregenz. He studied German studies, ancient history and comparative literature at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna. He has worked as a freelance writer since 1993...
(born 1968), Austrian writer - Emily GeigerEmily GeigerEmily Geiger is an American Revolutionary War heroine who was captured by the Tories while on a military mission as a civilian. She was carrying an important message across enemy grounds when she was captured and questioned. The Tory matron could find nothing on her seeing as she physically ate the...
(born about 1760), legendary heroine of the American Revolutionary War - Hans Geiger (1882–1945), inventor of the Geiger counter and son of Wilhelm Geiger
- Harold GeigerHarold GeigerMajor Harold C. Geiger , born in East Orange, New Jersey, was a pioneer in US military aviation and ballooning who was killed in an airplane crash in 1927...
(1884-1927) pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning - Hermann GeigerHermann GeigerHermann Geiger He was a Swiss aviator, search and rescue pilot whose heroic actions gave him national hero status. He pioneered the art of landing his PIPER CUB on glaciers in the Swiss Alps like no other. Has executed over 600 rescue missions as he managed to land his specially modified...
(1914–1966), Swiss pilot - H.R. Giger (born 1940), Swiss painter, sculptor and set designer best known for his design work on the film Alien
- Jacob Casson GeigerJacob Casson GeigerA native of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, Jacob Casson Geiger was a graduate of Tulane University and for many years in San Francisco and Oakland, California, city director of public health and the 1935 president of the San Francisco Medical Society...
(1885–1981), American public health physician - Johann Nepomuk GeigerJohann Nepomuk GeigerPeter Johann Nepomuk Geiger was a Viennese artist.Born in Vienna, Geiger wanted originally to follow the family tradition and become a sculptor but drawing and painting were his natural element. He illustrated Anton Ziegler’s Vaterländischen Immortellen of 1839-40...
(1805–1880), Viennese court painter - John GeigerJohn GeigerJohn E. Geiger was an American rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.He was part of the American boat Vesper Boat Club, which won the gold medal in the eights.-External links:*...
(1875-?), American rower - Ludwig GeigerLudwig GeigerLudwig Geiger was a German author and historian, born at Breslau, a son of Abraham Geiger. After study at Heidelberg, Göttingen, and Bonn, he became docent in history at Berlin in 1873 and in 1880 was appointed to a chair of modern history there...
(1848–1919), German literary historian - Lazarus GeigerLazarus GeigerLazarus Geiger , philosopher and philologist, born at Frankfort-on-Main, was destined to commerce, but soon gave himself up to scholarship and studied at Marburg, Bonn and Heidelberg. From 1861 till his sudden death in 1870 he was professor in the Jewish high school at Frankfort...
(1829–1870), German philogist and philosopher - Matt GeigerMatt GeigerMatthew Allen "Matt" Geiger is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association on the center position.-Collegiate career:...
(born 1969), American basketball player - Nikolaus GeigerNikolaus GeigerNikolaus Geiger , born at Lauingen, Bavaria, was a German sculptor and painter. He was a pupil of Joseph Knabl at the Munich Academy. In 1873, he went to Berlin and soon achieved recognition for his ornamental work in the Tiele-Winckler Palace...
(1849–1897), German sculptor and painter - Roy GeigerRoy GeigerGeneral Roy Stanley Geiger was a United States Marine Corps General who, during World War II, became the first Marine to lead an army. Marine Corps base Camp Geiger in North Carolina is named in his honor....
(1885–1947), United States Marine Corps general - Rudolf GeigerRudolf GeigerRudolf Oskar Robert Williams Geiger was a German meteorologist and climatologist....
(1894–1981), German meteorologist and climatologist - Teddy GeigerTeddy Geiger-Singles:-Album appearances:-Television and movie appearances:-External links:****...
(born 1988), American singer and guitarist - Theodor GeigerTheodor GeigerTheodor Julius Geiger was a German socialist lawyer and sociologist. He was Denmark's first professor of sociology, at the University of Åarhus.- Life :...
(1891–1952), German sociologist - Wilhelm GeigerWilhelm GeigerWilhelm Ludwig Geiger was a German Orientalist, in the fields of Indian and Iranian languages. He was known as a specialist in Pali, Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives.-Life:...
(1856-1943), German Orientalist and father of Hans Geiger
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- Geiger counterGeiger counterA Geiger counter, also called a Geiger–Müller counter, is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation. They detect the emission of nuclear radiation: alpha particles, beta particles or gamma rays. A Geiger counter detects radiation by ionization produced in a low-pressure gas in a...
, a device for detecting radiation- Geiger-Müller tubeGeiger-Müller tubeA Geiger–Müller tube is the sensing element of a Geiger counter instrument that can detect a single particle of ionizing radiation, and typically produce an audible click for each. It was named for Hans Geiger who invented the device in 1908, and Walther Müller who collaborated with Geiger in...
, the sensing element of the a Geiger counter
- Geiger-Müller tube
- Geiger-Marsden experimentGeiger-Marsden experimentThe Geiger–Marsden experiment was an experiment to probe the structure of the atom performed by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909, under the direction of Ernest Rutherford at the Physical Laboratories of the University of Manchester...
, a 1909 physics experiment - Geiger-Nuttall lawGeiger-Nuttall lawIn nuclear physics, the Geiger–Nuttall law or Geiger–Nuttall rule relates the decay constant of a radioactive isotope with the energy of the alpha particles emitted...
, an empirical 1911 rule relating alpha decay energy to decay half-life - Geiger TreeGeiger treeCordia sebestena is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae.It is native to the American tropics, from southern Florida in the United States and The Bahamas southwards throughout Central America and the Greater Antilles...
(Cordia sebestena), a species of flowering plant - Geiger (corporation)Geiger (Corporation)Geiger is a 5th generation advertising specialties company with more than 500 employees and more than 550 sales representatives. It is the industry's largest family-owned and family-managed distributorship and is based in Lewiston, Maine....
, a promotional products company - Geiger (comics)Geiger (comics)Geiger is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. She first appeared in Doc Samson #1 , created by Dan Slott.-Fictional character biography:...
, a minor, teenage Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
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