Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Baron Gerhard Rudolf Viktor von Hessert (August 18, 1906 – September 22, 1994) was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s.Von Hessert was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, the youngest of four siblings. His great-grandfather Dr. Franz Ferdinand von Hessert was leibarzt to Ludwig I and, together with Friedrich von Pilger, became a vaccination pioneer in Hesse when they both conducted cowpox inoculation trials in the early 1800s after Edward Jenner's advancements in vaccination in England.His family was in constant move due to the nature of his father's mining business. He attended Darmstadt University and moved to New York in 1929 after making the journey aboard the RMS Franconia.Gerhard von Hessert and his team finished seventh and last in the four-man event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Germany was conferred overall the bronze medal, same as in the 1928 Games. The event was won by the United States.He married Cornelia Fitch Baekeland, granddaughter of Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, in 1939. His wife had a minor role as an actress in the 1944 Rita Hayworth classic Cover Girl."@en }
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- Gerhard_Hessert abstract "Baron Gerhard Rudolf Viktor von Hessert (August 18, 1906 – September 22, 1994) was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s.Von Hessert was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, the youngest of four siblings. His great-grandfather Dr. Franz Ferdinand von Hessert was leibarzt to Ludwig I and, together with Friedrich von Pilger, became a vaccination pioneer in Hesse when they both conducted cowpox inoculation trials in the early 1800s after Edward Jenner's advancements in vaccination in England.His family was in constant move due to the nature of his father's mining business. He attended Darmstadt University and moved to New York in 1929 after making the journey aboard the RMS Franconia.Gerhard von Hessert and his team finished seventh and last in the four-man event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Germany was conferred overall the bronze medal, same as in the 1928 Games. The event was won by the United States.He married Cornelia Fitch Baekeland, granddaughter of Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, in 1939. His wife had a minor role as an actress in the 1944 Rita Hayworth classic Cover Girl.".
- Q5550682 abstract "Baron Gerhard Rudolf Viktor von Hessert (August 18, 1906 – September 22, 1994) was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s.Von Hessert was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, the youngest of four siblings. His great-grandfather Dr. Franz Ferdinand von Hessert was leibarzt to Ludwig I and, together with Friedrich von Pilger, became a vaccination pioneer in Hesse when they both conducted cowpox inoculation trials in the early 1800s after Edward Jenner's advancements in vaccination in England.His family was in constant move due to the nature of his father's mining business. He attended Darmstadt University and moved to New York in 1929 after making the journey aboard the RMS Franconia.Gerhard von Hessert and his team finished seventh and last in the four-man event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Germany was conferred overall the bronze medal, same as in the 1928 Games. The event was won by the United States.He married Cornelia Fitch Baekeland, granddaughter of Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, in 1939. His wife had a minor role as an actress in the 1944 Rita Hayworth classic Cover Girl.".