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Alting is a surname, and may refer to: * Bart Carpentier Alting (born 1954) * Jacob Alting (1618–1679), Dutch philologist and theologian * Johann Heinrich Alting (1583–1644), minister * Menso Alting (1541–1612), Dutch Reformed preacher and reformer * Ron Alting, a member of the Indiana State Senate * Willem Arnold Alting (1724–1800), Dutch colonial administrator See also * Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Carpentier Alting
Albertus "Bart" Carpentier Alting (born 12 March 1954 in Willemstad) is a former luger and bobsledder from Curaçao. He represented his country at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. In 1988, Carpentier Alting finished in 36th place at men's singles luge. He and Bart Drechsel finished 29th in the two-man bobsleigh event. The event included competitors from countries with little or no snow. These countries included Jamaica (whose involvement spurred the movie Cool Runnings), Mexico, and New Zealand. An informal "Caribbean Cup" of such countries was won by New Zealand's Alexander Peterson and Peter Henry, who finished equal twentieth. In the two-man event, the best result from a completely snow-less country was twenty-ninth by Bart Carpentier Alting and Bart Dreschsel of the Netherlands Antilles. At the 1992 Olympics, Carpentier Alting and Dudley den Dulk Dudley den Dulk (born 24 June 1971) is a Curaçao sprinter who, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Alting
Jacob Alting (27 September 1618 – 20 August 1679) was a Dutch philologist and theologian. He was professor at the University of Groningen: in 1643 in oriental languages and in 1667 in theology. His publications were overseen in 1687 by Balthasar Bekker. Alting was born in Heidelberg, where his father Hendrik Alting was a professor. The 1618/1619 Synod of Dort forced the family to move to Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ... in 1622 and to Groningen in 1627. References ''Schaff-Herzog'' article on the father mentions himProfile at Groningen University External links * 1618 births 1679 deaths Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians Dutch philologists 17th-century philologists Dutch orientalists Academic staff of the University of Groningen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Heinrich Alting
Johann Heinrich Alting (17 February 1583 – 25 August 1644), German divine, was born at Emden, where his father, Menso Alting (1541–1612), was minister. Heinrich studied with great success at the University of Groningen and the Herborn Academy. In 1608 he was appointed tutor of Frederick, afterwards elector-palatine, at Heidelberg, and in 1612 accompanied him to England. Returning in 1613 to Heidelberg, after the marriage of the elector with Princess Elizabeth of England, he was appointed professor of dogmatics, and in 1616 director of the theological department in the Collegium Sapientiae. In 1618, along with Abraham Scultetus, he represented the university in the Synod of Dort. When Count Tilly took the city of Heidelberg (1622) and handed it over to plunder, Alting found great difficulty in escaping the fury of the soldiers. He first retired to Schorndorf; but, offended by the "semi-Pelagianism" of the Lutherans with whom he was brought in contact, he removed to Holland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menso Alting
Menso Alting (Eelde, 9 November 1541 – Emden, 7 October 1612) was a Dutch Reformed preacher and reformer. Alting was born in Eelde and was raised in a Catholic family. After visiting several schools in the Netherlands and Germany, he studied theology at Cologne. In 1564 he was named vicar to Haren. A few months later he was named pastor of Sleen. He probably never visited Sleen and Haren, instead using the functions, which had been given by influential family members, as a source of income. In 1565, during his study, Alting joined the Protestant Reformation. He continued his studies in Heidelberg. After his study, he returned to Helpen, now a district of Groningen and Sleen, this time to convert the inhabitants to Calvinism. As a result of the Protestant persecutions in the Netherlands after the Beeldenstorm, Alting fled to Germany in July 1567. Travelling through Leiselheim (at Worms), Dirmstein (at Frankenthal) and Heidelberg, he reached Emden in East-Frisia in 1575, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Alting
Ronald J. Alting is a member of the Indiana State Senate representing Senate District 22, which contains most of Tippecanoe County. He is a Republican. Alting was first elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1998. Prior to that, Alting served as a member of the Lafayette, Indiana City Council. Education Alting holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University. Political career Alting was President of the Lafayette, Indiana City Council from 1995 to 1998. He was first elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1998.Joe PaulRon Alting Easily Retains State Senate Seat WBAA (November 6, 2018). He defeated Democratic nominee Michael Oxenrider in 2010,Ty Jepson & Ray Carter ''Purdue Exponent'' (November 3, 2010). was unopposed for reelection in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018 against his Democratic opponent Sherry Shipley, a dean at Ivy Tech Community College. In the Senate, he has held the Republican Caucus position of Assistant Majority Whip. In the Senate, Alting has been cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Arnold Alting
Willem Arnold Alting (11 November 1724 – 7 June 1800) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1780 to 1797. Born in Groningen, Alting studied in his hometown and graduated in law. He left on 18 October 1750 for the East Indies on board the ''De Middelburg'' as an ''onderkoopman'' (underbuyer or undermerchant) for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He spent the rest of his life in the Indies. In 1754 he became ''koopman'' (buyer or merchant) and in 1759 First Secretary to the government. In 1763 he became Counsellor-extraordinary (''Buitengewoon Raad'') and in 1772 full Counsellor (''Raad ordinaris''). In 1777, he became First Counsellor (''Eerste Raad'') was named Director-General. From March 1780 he was acting Governor-General, because of the sickness of his predecessor, Reynier de Klerck. Following the death of De Klerck, on 1 September 1780, he was chosen by the Dutch Council of the Indies as provisional Governor-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
