Wikipedia
Kerner is a surname. Notable people and organizations bearing this name include:
In literature:
- Elizabeth Kerner, fantasy author
- Justinus Kerner (1786–1862), a German lyric poet of the Swabian school
In politics:
- Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908–1976), Illinois Governor and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Otto Kerner, Sr. (1884–1952), an Illinois Attorney General and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Kerner Commission, established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the causes of race riots in the United States
In entertainment and media:
- Debby Kerner, American singer
- Nena (Gabriele Susanne Kerner), (born 1960), German singer who became famous with the New German Wave songs "Nur geträumt" and "99 Luftballons"
- Jordan Kerner, film producer
- KernerFX, a motion picture visual effects company
- Kerner Optical, special effects company
- Avnet–Kerner Productions, film production company
- Johannes B. Kerner, (born 1964), German television broadcaster
In sports:
- Jonathan Kerner, American basketball player
- Marlon Kerner, American football player
In science and mathematics:
- Boris Kerner, (born 1947), German physicist
- Durand–Kerner method, root-finding algorithm for solving polynomial equations in numerical analysis
- Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Austrian botanist
In other fields:
- Ian Kerner, American sex counselor
The Kerner grape is an aromatic white grape variety. It was bred in 1929 by August Herold by crossing Trollinger (a red variety also known as Schiava grossa or Vernatsch) and Riesling. Herold was working at a plant breeding station in Lauffen in the Württemberg region of Germany. This station belonged to a state breeding institute headquartered in Weinsberg. It received varietal protection and was released for general cultivation in 1969.
Kerner has been named in honour of a poet and physician from Swabia, Justinus Kerner, whose works included songs and poetry on wine. Kerner lived from 1818 to his death in Weinsberg.
In 2006 Kerner was the 8th most planted variety in Germany with and 3.9% of the total vineyard surface. The trend since the mid-1990s is that German plantations of Kerner decrease, just as the case for all other "new breeds" of white varieties, such as Müller-Thurgau and Bacchus. German plantations of Kerner reached their highest point around 1990, with around and 7.5% of the total German vineyard surface. For a while around 1995 it was in fact the third most planted variety in Germany after Riesling and Müller-Thurgau.
Kerner is most commonly planted in the German regions of Palatinate, Rheinhessen, Mosel, and Württemberg, but it is also grown in Austria ( Styria), Switzerland and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It was introduced into South Tyrol in the early 1970s and awarded Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) status in 1993.
Usage examples of "kerner".
Kerner, not being a Southerner, did not comprehend, so he sat, sentimental, figuring on his flat in his sordid, artistic way, while I gazed into the green eyes of the sophisticated Spirit of Wormwood.
H-bomb, one bomb per bullet, naturally it destroys the gun as well as the target but what the hell, all right, you trigger the bomb and the X-rays will lase for you, and if you can do it by putting matter together with anti-matter you get a nice clean bang, no fallout, and Kerner gets the Peace Prize.
A, B, C, D, briefcases P, Q, R, find X when the angles are Kerner and the Russian twins, which is a question in itself- are these the famous KGB twins?
I would like to thank Elizabeth Kerner, author of Song in the Silence, for introducing me to Dr.