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Anthonie Viervant
Anthonie is a Dutch and masculine given name transliterated from Antonius in use in the Netherlands, Greenland, Suriname, Republic of Karelia, South Africa, Namibia, Belgium and Indonesia. The same spelling is a Norwegian feminine given name that is an alternate name to Antonie in use in Norway. The spellings Antonie and Anthonij were basically interchangeable in Dutch until the 19th century. Notable people with the name include: *Anthonie Andriessen (1746–1813), Dutch landscape and genre painter * Anthonie Beerstraaten (1646–aft.1664), Dutch landscape and genre painter *Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort (1533–1583), Dutch painter * Anthonie van Borssom (1631–1677), Dutch landscape painter *Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos (1606–1662), Dutch painter *Anthonie Crussens (c. 1635 – 1665), Flemish draughtsman and printmaker *Anthonie van Dale (1638–1708), Dutch Mennonite preacher, physician and writer * Anthonie van Diemen (1593–1645), Governor-General of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Van Borssom
Anthonie van Borssom (January 2, 1631 in Amsterdam – March 19, 1677 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), he was an Italianate landscape painter who copied the works of popular landscape painters of his day in Amsterdam such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Paulus Potter, Aelbert Cuyp (church interiors), Nicolaes Berchem, Philips Koninck, Jan Wijnants, Aert van der Neer (moonlit landscapes), Marseus van Schrieck and Cornelis Vroom. He lived and worked in Amsterdam, but made a trip in 1650-1655 along the Rhine and spent time in Kleve.Anthonie van Borssom in the He was buried in the |
Anthonie De Lorme
Anthonie de Lorme (Tournai 1610 or between 1600 and 1605 – Rotterdam, 1673)Anthonie de Lorme at the was a painter known for his depictions of interiors of existing or imaginary churches.Walter A. Liedtke, Michiel Plomp, Axel Rüger, ''Vermeer and the Delft School'' The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 318-322 Born in the |
Anthonie Leemans
Anthonie Leemans (1631 in The Hague – 1673 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken, who did not specify which brother he meant, he made a profitable living making trompe l'oeil paintings of hunting paraphernalia, birdcages, and weaponry.Leemans mentioned in the Christoffel Pierson Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by , courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
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Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse
Dr Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse, also known as Antonius Johannes Theodorus Janse and by other orthographic variations, was a pioneer of South African entomology who specialised in Lepidoptera. His multi-volumed work, ''The Moths of South Africa'' is recognized as a definitive text. Life and career Janse was born in the Hague, Netherlands in 1877 to Antonie Johannes Janse and his wife Willemina Broekhuisen. He migrated to South Africa in 1889 and taught as a missionary in schools in northern Transvaal Waterval (Nuwe Smitsdorp). He was interned at Pinetown during the Second Boer War. He worked as a photographer in Pietersburg. He taught biology, geography, and human physiology at Normal College, Pretoria, from 1905 until his retirement in 1937. He was in charge of the Normal College Herbarium. Initially he worked under primitive conditions collecting on foot or by donkey cart. He was widely respected as an authority on South African moths and was a botanist, collecting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Van Der Heim
Anthonie van der Heim (28 November 1693, in The Hague – 17 July 1746, in 's-Hertogenbosch) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 4 April 1737 to 17 July 1746. SourcesExtensive biography from the Dutch National Archives (in Dutch). 1693 births 1746 deaths Grand Pensionaries Politicians from The Hague Treasurers-General {{Netherlands-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Heinsius
Anthonie (or Antonius) Heinsius (23 November 1641, Delft – 3 August 1720, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720. Life Heinsius was born at Delft on 23 November 1641, son of a wealthy merchant and patrician. In 1679 he became pensionary for Delft in the States of Holland and in 1687 he became a member of the board of the Delft chamber of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In 1682 he was appointed special negotiator to France by stadholder William III of Orange. His mission was to see if anything could be done about the occupation of the Principality of Orange by Louis XIV. The mission was a failure but he made a favourable impression on William III. Grand Pensionary He became Grand Pensionary of the States of Holland, and thereby the most powerful man in the Estates-General of the Netherlands, on 27 May 1689, when William III became king of England and had to move to London. He was the confidant and corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Hals
Anthonie Hals or Anthony Hals (19 October 1621 – 25 January 1691) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from the Northern Netherlands and the son of Dirck Hals. He was born in Haarlem and was first taught by his father. He moved to Amsterdam in 1652 and married there in 1654 with his cousin Reynier Hals as his witness. He is known for portraits and genre works.Anthonie Hals in the RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ... References 1621 births 1691 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Gronum
Anthonie Johannes Gronum (born 15 June 1985) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with Border club side Old Selbornians. His regular position is lock. Career He started his career at the , making his first class debut in the 2006 Vodacom Cup. He failed to break into the Currie Cup squad and joined the in 2007, where he made 55 appearances over the next four seasons, 18 of those appearances in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup competition. In 2011, he moved to East London East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ... to join the . References South African rugby union players Living people 1985 births People from Knysna Blue Bulls players Leopards (rugby union) players Border Bulldogs players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Ferreira
Anthonie Michal Ferreira (born 13 April 1955) is a former South African first-class cricketer. He spent eight seasons playing for Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ... where he was a solid middle order batsman and accurate and dependable medium pace bowler. He made 777 runs and took 79 wickets in 1984. External links * 1955 births Living people South African cricketers South African Universities cricketers Northerns cricketers Warwickshire cricketers South African cricket coaches {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Duyck
Anthonie Duyck (c. 1560 – 13 September 1629 ) was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1621 and 1629. Life Anthonie Duyck was a descendant of a notable hollandic family which was founded in the 13th century. Anthonie was the son of Gijsbert Duyck, lord of Oud Karspel, who was appointed schout of Hoorn in 1580. Anthonie was born in The Hague and studied law in Leiden. In 1588, he became ''advocaat-fiscaal'' (public prosecutor) at the ''Raad van State''. This was, next to the States-General of the Netherlands, the central constitutional body of the United Provinces. As official of the ''Raad van State,'' he accompanied Prince Maurice of Orange on his military campaigns between 1591 and 1602. He wrote long reports about these military campaigns for his superiors in The Hague. In 1602, he became '' griffier'' at the court of Holland. In 1619 even a justice in the Hoge Raad van Holland en Zeeland. He was named as one of the public prosecutors against his will for the special cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthonie Van Diemen
Anthony van Diemen (also ''Antonie'', ''Antonio'', ''Anton'', ''Antonius'') (1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor. Early life He was born in Culemborg in the Netherlands, the son of Meeus Anthonisz van Diemen and Christina Hoevenaar. In 1616, he moved to Amsterdam, in hope of improving his fortune as a merchant; in this he failed and was declared bankrupt. After a year he became a servant of the Dutch East India Company and sailed to Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta), capital of the Dutch East Indies. On the voyage out, the East Indiaman ''Mauritius'' inadvertently put in on unknown coast of Australia. Career Governor Jan Pieterszoon Coen found van Diemen to be a talented official and by 1626 he was Director-General of Commerce and member of the Council for the Indies. In 1630, he married Maria van Aelst. A year later he returned to the Netherlands as Admiral on the ship ''Deventer''. While on route to the Indies in 1633, Van Diemen sighted and named Île ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
