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Vogt (originally ) is the surname of:
Politicians and civil servants:
- Benjamin Vogt (politician) (1863–1947), Norwegian politician
- David Vogt (1793–1861), Norwegian politician
- Hersleb Vogt (born 1912), Norwegian diplomat
- Hilde Vogt (born 1945), Norwegian politician
- Jan Fredrik Vogt (born 1974), Norwegian politician
- Jørgen Vogt (1900–1972), Norwegian politician
- Jørgen Herman Vogt (1784–1862), Norwegian politician
- Lorenz Juhl Vogt (1828–1901), Norwegian politician
- Nils Vogt (politician) (1817–1894), Norwegian politician
- Nils Vogt (civil servant) (1926–2000), Norwegian civil servant
- Niels Nielsen Vogt (1798–1869), Norwegian politician
- Paul Benjamin Vogt (1863–1947), Norwegian politician
- Roland Vogt (born 1941), German politician
- Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt (1852–1923), Norwegian politician
In science:
- Erich Vogt (born 1929), Canadian physicist
- Evon Z. Vogt (1918–2004), American anthropologist
- Hans Vogt (1903–1986), Norwegian linguist
- Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1858–1932), Norwegian geologist
- Karl Vogt (1817–1895), German scientist and philosopher
- Marthe Louise Vogt (1903–2003), German neuroscientist
- Thorolf Vogt (1888–1958), Norwegian geologist
- William Vogt (1902-1968), American ornithologist and writer of global population issues
In medicine and psychiatry:
- Alfred Vogt (1879–1943), Swiss ophthalmologist
- Cecile Vogt-Mugnier (1875–1962), French neurologist
- Heinrich Vogt (1875–1936), German neurologist
- Oskar Vogt (1870–1959), German neurologist
Engineers:
- Fredrik Vogt (1892–1970), Norwegian engineer
- Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt (1830–1892), Norwegian engineer
- Richard Vogt (aircraft designer) (1894–1979), German engineer and aircraft designer during and after World War II
In the arts:
- A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000), Canadian author
- Carl de Vogt (1885–1970), German actor
- Hans Vogt (composer) (1911–1992), German composer and conductor
- Klaus Florian Vogt (born 1970), German tenor
- Linda Vogt (1922–2013), Australian flautist
- Nils Collett Vogt (1864–1937), Norwegian poet
- Nils Vogt (comedian) (born 1948), Norwegian comedian
- Paul Vogt (born 1964), American comedian
- Roy Vogt, American bass guitarist
- Ulrich Andreas Vogt (born 1952), German tenor and director of a concert hall
Journalists:
- Doug Vogt, Canadian photojournalist and cameraman
- Nils Vogt (journalist) (1859–1927), Norwegian newspaper editor
Other:
- Hannah Vogt (1910–1994), German historian
- Johan Herman Vogt (1900–1991), Norwegian economist
- Miriam Vogt (born 1967), German alpine skier
- Richard Vogt, German boxer
- Steven S. Vogt, German American astronomer
- Volrath Vogt (1817–1889), Norwegian theologist
- Stephen Vogt, American baseball player
A Vogt , from the Old High German, also Voigt or Fauth); plural Vögte; Dutch (land)voogd; Norwegian fogd; Swedish fogde; Danish foged; ; Finnish vouti; Romanian voit); ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus, in the Holy Roman Empire was a title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord (mostly of nobility) exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice ( Blutgericht) over a certain territory. The territory or area of responsibility of a Vogt is called a Vogtei (from [ad]vocatia). The term also denotes a mayor of a village.
A Vogt (plural Vögte) was a title in the Old Swiss Confederacy, inherited from the feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire, corresponding to the English reeve. The German term Vogtei is ultimately a loan from Latin [ad]vocatia.
Usage examples of "vogt".
Thus, during a period when a new type of science fiction was coming into vogue and creating reputations for Heinlein, van Vogt, Sturgeon, and Asimov, Hamilton found himself labeled a specialist in blood-and-thunder juveniles.
Van Vogt seems to have been the first science-fiction author with the courage to explore the sociological implications of the superhuman race living in and among humans.
Two childhood incidents, individually trivial, scarred van Vogt emotionally for the rest of his life.
When van Vogt turned to science fiction in 1939 his writing was already in every sense of the word professional.
It is noteworthy to point out that while stylistically van Vogt and other science-fiction writers of this period were influenced by the mainstream, their themes were derived from authors in their own fields.
Van Vogt confided that he plotted his stories in terms of 800-word sequences.
During 1941 only two relatively minor short stories by van Vogt were published.
Van Vogt, living then in Toronto, had been turned down by his draft board because of poor vision.
The moment was opportune for van Vogt to return and he did it impressively.
By this time it was obvious that van Vogt had developed a clear, sharp style of his own.
Since the heyday of, first, Heinlein and then van Vogt, the bulk of modern science fiction has visualized governments of the future as outright dictatorships, religious dictatorships, military dictatorship, or unvarnished monarchies.
To many, among them van Vogt, the system offered the promise of disposing of glasses through a system of visual exercise and mental orientation.
New stories from van Vogt continued to appear with some regularity through 1950.
The teacher who took the book of fairy tales from the hands of a twelve-year-old van Vogt never removed them from his heart and mind.
The 1947 Beowulf Poll conducted by Gerry de la Ree saw van Vogt edge out such formidable competitors as A.