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Ascher

Ascher is an alternative spelling of Asher and is the surname of:

  • William Ascher, (born 1947), American professor of public policy
  • Zika Ascher, (born 1910), Czech refugee textile designer and manufacturer in London and Paris
  • Joseph Ascher, Dutch composer and court pianist to EugĂ©nie de Montijo
  • Kate Ascher, an author and executive vice president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation
  • Kenneth Lee Ascher (born 1944), American jazz pianist & composer
  • Leo Ascher (1880-1942), Jewish composer
  • Mathias Ascher (pseudonym of Nathan Birnbaum), Austrian journalist and Jewish philosopher
  • Saul Ascher (1767-1822), Jewish narrative writer and publicist

Usage examples of "ascher".

It was almost impossible to recognize the seedy Ascher in this smart young man with the military bearing.

She agreed that there was no back way into the house and that Ascher was quite well known by sight in the district.

It came into my mind when I saw the name Ascher clearly written over the shop door of the unfortunate woman who was murdered last month.

Those two witnesses, Partridge and Riddell, and of course on Ascher himself.

Franz Ascher would have been arrested for the murder of his wifeDonald Fraser might have been arrested for the murder of Betty Barnardif it had not been for the warning letters of A.

The most likely suspect for that was Franz Ascher, but I could not imagine Ascher inventing and carrying out such an elaborate scheme, nor could I see him planning a premeditated murder.

Mrs Ascher, I felt reasonably sure, had been the victim of her drunken brute of a husband.

Miss Rose who had left Mrs Ascher the small legacy which had enabled her to start in business.

It was almost impossible to recognise the seedy Ascher in this smart young man with the military bearing.

Mr Ascher had got there without showing himself she did not deign to explain.

Those two witnesses, Partridge and Riddell, and of course Ascher himself.

Mrs Ascher and Betty Barnard cannot be linked as members of the same class.

Mrs Ascher, her struggles, her support of her German husband, the devotion of her niece.

Offered stockings to Mrs Fowler, next door to Mrs Ascher, and to half a dozen other people in the street.

Slote was disconcerted by the bald question, much as he had been by the unlooked-for dinner bid, and by the wealth of the Ascher home.