Knoll

Knoll

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* In geography, a knoll is a small natural hill.

Places

*The Grassy Knoll is a small, sloping hill inside Dealey Plaza that became infamous following the John F. Kennedy assassination.
*"The Knoll" is an estate in Hove, England: see Hangleton.
*Knole House is a stately home in Kent, England owned by the Sackville-West family.
* Knoll, a place near Petts Wood and Orpington in southeast London, England.

People

* Catherine Baker Knoll.
* Corina Knoll.
* Edmund Knoll-Kownacki.
* Edwin Knoll.
* Florence Knoll, furniture designer and wife of Hans Knoll.
* John Knoll and his brother Thomas Knoll co-wrote Adobe Photoshop.
* Knoll József, drug researcher, who developed (-)deprenyl, (Selegiline). This was the first selective inhibitor of MAO-B.
* Max Knoll.
* Konrad Knoll (1829-99), sculptor.

Companies

;Furniture
* Knoll (company), a United States company that produces office furniture systems.
* Parker Knoll is a historic company producing upmarket soft furnishings in the United Kingdom.;Pharmaceuticals
* Knoll Pharmaceuticals a company that had been taken over by Abbott Laboratories on 30th June 2002, at least in India and in most parts of Asia.

Organizations

*The Knoll is the radical student publication of the University of British Columbia

ee also

*Knol
*Knowles


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  • Knoll — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Adolf Knoll …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Knoll — (n[=o]l), n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. kn[ o]l, Dan. knold.] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill. [1913 Webster] On knoll or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knoll — Knoll, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak. [1913 Webster] For a departed being s soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knöll — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Hans Knöll (1913–1978), deutscher Arzt und Mikrobiologe Johann Heinrich Knöll (1806–1891), Bezirksvorsteher des 10. Wiener Bezirkes Favoriten Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur U …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Knoll — Knoll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knolling}.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See {Knell}.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. Knolled to church. Shak. [1913 Webster] Heavy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knoll — Knoll, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knoll — (Hans) (1914 1955) architecte allemand. Il fonda aux È. U., avec sa femme Florence (Américaine, née en 1917), la société Knoll International (1938), créatrice de mobilier moderne …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • knoll — [n] small hill acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hillock, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope,… …   New thesaurus

  • Knoll — Knoll, Konrad, Bildhauer, geb. 9. Sept. 1829 zu Bergzabern in der Rheinpfalz, gest. 14. Juni 1899 in München, bildete sich seit 1845 in Karlsruhe und Stuttgart, dann in München bei Halbig und besuchte 1848–52 die Akademie daselbst. Seine ersten… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Knoll — Knoll, Konrad, Bildhauer, geb. 9. Sept. 1829 in Bergzabern, seit 1868 Prof. am Polytechnikum zu München, gest. 14. Juni 1899; Porträtstatuen: Palm für Braunau, Ludwig I. für Kissingen; Porträtbüsten (Kaiser Wilhelm I. für die Walhalla u.a.),… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • knoll — [nəul US noul] n [: Old English; Origin: cnoll] a small round hill …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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