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Blok (surname)
Blok is a surname of Dutch language, Dutch origin. Dutch ''blok'' has similar meanings as English "block" and the name has a variety of origins, including descriptive, metonymic occupational surname, occupational (referring e.g. to a miller or shoemaker), toponymic surname, toponymic or even patronymic surname, patronymic. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The Russian and Polish surnames appear of German and Dutch descent. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Blok (1880–1921), Russian lyrical poet * (1852–1909), Russian law professor, father of Alexander Blok * Anneke Blok (born 1959), Dutch actress * (1868–1934), Dutch jurist and university president * Anton Blok (born 1935), Dutch anthropologist * Arthur Blok (1882–1974), English first administrative ... [...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] |
Irina Blok
Irina Blok (born ) is a graphic designer and an artist. She is best known for the creation of the Android logo including its green robot icon. Irina Blok has appeared on ABC's Reality Show ''Shark Tank'' as one of the contestants, and her designs were featured in NBC NY, USA today, SF weekly, the French Edition of Elle Magazine and multiple publications around the world. Blok received her degree in Graphic Design at San Jose State University. She started her career at Landor Associates as brand designer, and helped create and evolve the brands of HP, Visa, H&R Block and FedEx. She continued her career at a number of tech companies including Yahoo, Google and Adobe. In the course of her career her design work has appeared in ''Communication Arts'' magazine, ''How'' magazine, AIGA CI Annual, and ''Creative Review ''Creative Review'' is a bimonthly print magazine and website. The magazine focuses on commercial creativity, covering design, advertising, photography, branding, digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Block (other)
Block or blocked may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Block programming, the result of a programming strategy in broadcasting * W242BX, a radio station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States known as ''96.3 the Block '' * WFNZ-FM, a radio station licensed to Harrisburg, North Carolina, United States, branded as ''92.7 The Block'' * Blocked (''The Flash''), an episode of the television series ''The Flash'' Music * Block Entertainment, a record label * Blocks Recording Club, a record label * Woodblock (instrument), a small piece of slit drum made from one piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument * "Blocks", by C418 from '' Minecraft - Volume Beta'', 2013 Toys * Toy block, one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces, of various shapes * Unit block, a type of standardized wooden toy block for children Video game * Blocked (video game), a puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch Building and construction * Breeze block, cinder block o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Blok Hanson
Willy Blok Hanson (1914 – December 22, 2012) was a Javanese-born Canadian dancer and choreographer. The ''Toronto Star'' has called her a "Canadian dance legend." Biography Personal life Hanson was born in Java, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) in 1914. Her father was Dutch-Chinese while her mother was of French-Indonesian descent. She studied dance and gymnastics at a dance academy in Vienna, Austria, but was forced to return to the Dutch East Indies with the outbreak of World War II. She arrived back in Java during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. She was accused of spying and espionage by Japanese authorities and imprisoned for fifty-five days. She met her first husband, an Australian soldier, after World War II. The couple had one daughter (who was Willy Blok Hanson's only child) in 1947, Christilot Hanson, who would later become a four-time Canadian Olympic equestrian. The family moved to Toronto, Canada, in 1951. Willy Blok Hanson and her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wim Blok
Willem Johannes "Wim" Blok (1947–2003) was a Dutch logician who made major contributions to algebraic logic, universal algebra, and modal logic. His important achievements over the course of his career include "a brilliant demonstration of the fact that various techniques and results that originated in universal algebra can be used to prove significant and deep theorems in modal logic." Blok began his career in 1973 as an algebraist investigating the varieties of interior algebras at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Following the 1976 completion of his Ph.D. on that topic, he continued on to study more general varieties of modal algebras. As an algebraist, Blok "was recognised by the modal logic community as one of the most influential modal logicians" by the end of the 1970s. He published many papers in the '' Reports on Mathematical Logic'', served as a member on their editorial board, and was one of their guest editors. Along with Don Pigozzi Don, don or DON and vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Blok
Vladimir Mikhailovich Blok (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Блок, 7 November 1932, Moscow – 28 August 1996, Moscow) was a Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator of the works of Prokofiev, of Udmurt ethnicity. :V.M. Blok is to be distinguished from the Russian theatre critic Vladimir Borisovich Blok (b. 22 June 1918) Completions * completion of the Prokofiev Andante for solo cello. * orchestration of the Prokofiev Concertino, commissioned by Steven Isserlis Steven Isserlis (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. He has led a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. Acclaimed for his profound musicianship, he is also noted for his diverse reper ... Publications * Prokofiev's works for cello - Виолончельное творчество Прокофьева. Muzika, 1973. * Sergei Prokofiev: materials articles interviews (Russian edition: Сергей Прокофьев: мате ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom De Blok
Tom Robin de Blok (born May 8, 1996) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019. Career Seattle Mariners On August 26, 2013, de Blok signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners organization. However, on April 17, 2014, de Blok retired from professional baseball without playing in a game for the organization. Mr. Cocker HCAW de Blok came out of retirement to join Mr. Cocker HCAW for the 2014 season, a team in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top baseball league in the Netherlands, where he posted a 3.20 ERA in 17 appearances. Amsterdam Pirates The following season, de Blok joined the Amsterdam Pirates, where he posted a 4-0 record and 1.54 ERA in 20 games with the team. After the season, de Blok was offered a tryout with the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stef Blok
Stephanus Abraham "Stef" Blok (born 10 December 1964) is a Dutch politician serving as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the Third Rutte cabinet from 25 May 2021 till 10 January 2022. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). An accountant by occupation, Blok served as a member of the House of Representatives from 25 August 1998 until 23 May 2002 and from 3 September 2002 until 5 November 2012. After the election of 2010 the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives Mark Rutte became Prime Minister in the First Rutte cabinet with Blok chosen to succeed him as parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives serving from 8 October 2010 until 20 September 2012. Following the election of 2012 Blok was asked to become Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector in the Second Rutte cabinet taking office on 5 November 2012. Blok served as Acting Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Blok
Stanisław Józef Blok DFC (1916-1994) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 5 confirmed kills. Biography Stanisław Blok was born in 1916. His ancestors came to Gdańsk from Flanders. On 3 January 1939, he entered the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin where he trained on PWS-10 and PZL P.7.Pawlak 2009, p. 261. After the September Campaign, he was evacuated to the UK via Romania.Zieliński 1994, p. 65. After training he was assigned to the No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron in 1941.Krzystek 2012, p. 88. On 19 August 1941, Blok scored his first victory on a Bf 109 near Dunkirk.Sikora 2014, p. 363. On 21 September over Fruges, he shot down a Bf 109 and damaged another one. In the same year, he was promoted ''podporucznik'' (pilot officer). He served briefly with No. 603 Squadron RAF in early 1942, moving onto No. 54 Squadron RAF in April of that year. He returned to No. 315 in December 1942.Sikora 2014, p. 364. During World War II, Stanisław Blok d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrus Johannes Blok
Petrus Johannes Blok (10 January 1855, in Den Helder – 24 October 1929, in Leiden) was a Dutch historian. Biography Born in Den Helder, Blok studied at the Latin School of Alkmaar and read classics at Leiden University, receiving his doctorate for a study of Sextus Pompeius. After this, he got a position at the Leiden Latin School, and published two books on the city's Medieval and Burgundian history. In 1884, he was made professor of Dutch History at the University of Groningen, where he supervised the publication of a series of historical documents from the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. He was in the habit of traveling much to search for written documents, which brought him as far as Rome: a very long trip back then. Among his students was Pieter Jelles Troelstra. In 1892, Blok was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1894, he succeeded Robert Fruin as professor of Dutch History in Leiden. Ideas Blok believed that it was the ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Blok
Peter Stephanus Blok (born 7 April 1960 in The Hague), known as Peter Blok, is a Dutch stage, television, film, and voice actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li .... Filmography References External links * * 1960 births Dutch male actors Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors Dutch male stage actors Living people Golden Calf winners 20th-century Dutch male actors Male actors from The Hague {{Netherlands-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
