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Bekker was first ever mentioned in the Torah in the form of the clan of the Bekkerrites. The addition of '-rite' to a surname indicates plural or a group of people. The original ancestor to South African Bekker's left Prussia in 1644 from Königsberg. A Bekker husband and wife were sent to their deaths from Trompsø, Norway to the concentration camps, WWII. Bekker is also Dutch and Low German occupational surname, ''bekker'' is a regional form of Dutch ''bakker'' ("baker"). Notable people with the surname include: *Amore Bekker (born 1965), South African radio personality *Andries Bekker (born 1983), South African rugby player *Andriëtte Bekker (born 1958), South African statistician *August Immanuel Bekker (1785–1871), German philologist and critic *Balthasar Bekker (1634–1698), Dutch divine and author of philosophical and theological works *Byron Bekker (born 1987), South African speedway rider * Carel N Bekker (born 1983),South African Karate Champion, Conservationist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
Hennie Bekker
Hennie Bekker (born 1934) is a Juno award, Juno-nominated, Zambian-born composer, arrangement, arranger, Record producer, producer and keyboardist based in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His work includes jazz fusion, film score, film scoring, New-age music, new-age and techno. Bekker won a Juno Award for his work with techno-driven trio BKS (band), BKS. Bekker composed, arranged (in the case of the public domain classical works), and performed the soft melodies and the nature-driven environmental music on the first 14 albums of Dan Gibson's Solitudes, Solitudes - Exploring Nature With Music series, including the 1989 best-selling, quadruple-platinum ''Harmony''. He was named "one of the most prolific and successful figures in contemporary Canadian pop music" by Billboard Magazine, Billboard. Over a period of more than sixty years, Bekker has recorded over 60 albums, most recently on his own Toronto, Ontario-based Abbeywood Records label. Early years Bekker was born in the Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bekker
Max Paul Eugen Bekker (11 September 1882 – 7 March 1937) was a German music critic and author. Described as having "brilliant style and ..extensive theoretical and practical knowledge," Bekker was chief music critic for both the ''Frankfurter Zeitung'' (1911–1923), and later the ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung'' (1934–1937). Life and career Max Paul Eugen Bekker was born in Berlin on 11 September 1882 as the only child of Hirsch Nachmann Michel Bekker and Olga Elsner. He studied piano with Alfred Sormann, theory with Benno Horwitz, and violin with Fabian Rehfeld. He began his career as a violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic, before employment as a conductor between 1902 and 1905. He ceased playing violin professionally in 1906, although continued to give lessons privately. After Bekker stopped professional performance he began music criticism, publishing monographs on Oskar Fried (1906/7) and Jacques Offenbach (1909), as well as a successful book on Beethoven in 1911. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Bekker
Oliver Bekker (born 11 December 1984) is a South African professional golfer. Professional career Bekker plays on the Sunshine Tour where he has won seven times. He won the 2011 Northern Cape Classic, the 2012 Dimension Data Pro-Am, the 2013 Telkom PGA Pro-Am and the 2016 Sun City Challenge. He won three times in 2017, the Zambia Sugar Open, the Lombard Insurance Classic, and the Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge. In April 2021, Bekker lost in a four-man playoff at the Limpopo Championship. In December, he finished second in the SA Open Championship; one shot behind Daniel van Tonder. At the end of the season he graduated to the European Tour for 2022 via the Challenge Tour rankings. In May 2022, Bekker broke into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time after losing out in a playoff for the Catalunya Championship. In June 2022, he played in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series event. Along with several other players, he was subsequently fined by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myfanwy Bekker
Myfanwy Bekker-Balajadia is a South African artist and art teacher. Her work is shown in galleries and showrooms throughout the world. She is collected by private and corporate entities, and continues to produce, both for private commissions and retail galleries. She was born into a large and eccentric South African family where they explored individual expression each evening. She attended Pretoria High School for Girls and Pretoria Technikon where she received a diploma in fine arts with a major in painting. At Pretoria Technikon, she had associations with Richard Adams, Walter Battis, Esias Bosch, Sammy Lieberman and Gunter van der Reis. She began ceramic technology course after college, and taught ceramics. She also worked in P.A.C.T. the South African state theater as a painter. She was studio manager for Richard Adams School of Ceramics in South Africa and taught life drawing at the University of Pretoria at the Architectural School She studied and was influenced by art thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieczysław G
Mieczysław () or Mečislovas (Lithuanian) is a Slavic name of Polish origin and consists of two parts: miecz "sword", and sław "glory, famous". Feminine form: Mieczysława. Alternate form: Mieszko. This name may refer to: People Mečislovas *Mečislovas Gedvilas, Lithuanian Soviet politician, first Prime Minister of the Lithuanian SSR *Mečislovas Reinys, was the Lithuanian Roman Catholic archbishop of the Vilnius, Minsk and Tiddi dioceses, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University Mieczysław *Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer *Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz, a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army and a notable member of the post-war anti-communist opposition in Poland *Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, a Polish film actress, stage actor and singer. She was often nicknamed Lińska or Amiette. *Mieczysław Fogg, Polish singer * Mieczysław Garsztka, Polish aviator, flying ace in the German Air Force in World War I *Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, a Cardinal Ledóc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew F
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Martynas Švėgžda Von Bekker
Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (born 1967) is a Lithuanian violinist and musical educator. Life Švėgžda von Bekker started taking violin classes at the age of five from his grandmother E. Strazdas-Bekerienė, student of Leopold von Auer, Jan Mařák, J. Feld and Jacques Thibaud. He gave his first recital at age seven and played his first concert with the “Vilnius Symphony Orchestra″ at age 11. Švėgžda von Bekker attended the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art from 1973 to 1986 and studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre under Raimundas Katlius from 1986 to 1989. In the following years, he also studied with different musicians, such as Eberhardt Feltz (violin, 1983), Igor Bezrodny (violin, 1985), Igor Oistrach (violin, 1988), Volker Banfield (chamber music, 1990), Ralf Gothóni (chamber music, 1990), Boris Garlitsky (violin, 1996) and Detlef Kraus (chamber music, 1992). He continued his studies in 1996 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthinus Bekker
Vice Admiral Marthinus Bekker (born 1933) was a former South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of the SADF Staff. Naval career He joined the Navy in 1957 and served on the before being transferred to England to join the shipbuilding program for the President class frigates. He also served as Chief Paymaster, Director of Logistics Systems and Quartermaster General (19761982). He was later appointed the Minister of Finance for the Ciskei homeland in 1992. He was appointed Chief of the SADF Staff, replacing Kat Liebenberg. Before that he served as Chief of Staff Finances. Awards and decorations * * * * * * * * * Grand Star of Military Merit (Chile) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bekker, Marthinus 1933 births 2022 deaths Afrikaner people South African admirals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Bekker
Kyle Edward Bekker (born September 2, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer midfielder, and team captain, for Forge FC. Club career Youth Bekker was born in Oakville, Ontario and began his youth soccer career with the Oakville Blue Stars, winning back-to-back Ontario Cup Championships in 2004 and 2005 and a National Championship in 2004. In 2006, he moved onto the Mississauga Dixie Dominators, where he won the Ontario Cup in 2006 and 2007 adding another National Championship in 2006. In 2007, he also played with Sigma FC, where in March of that year, his team played eight matches in the Netherlands against professional youth academies. His time over there earned him a trial with Ajax's youth academy, which ended up lasting six weeks until his inability to receive a European work permit led to his return to Canada. At 18, helped Sigma FC climb the ranks for the Ontario Soccer League Men's Divisions. Over his four years in the OSL, Bekker scored 28 goals and registered 35 ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kees Bekker
Kees Bekker (26 January 1883 – 28 December 1964) was a Dutch international footballer who earned six caps for the national side between 1906 and 1908. Club career Bekker scored 82 goals in 150 matches for HBS Craeyenhout, where we has made honorary member in 1914. He moved to Groningen to study medicine and play for Be Quick Groningen. He later became a surgeon. International career Bekker made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1906 friendly match against Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ... and earned a total of caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 1908 friendly against Sweden. He was also part of the Dutch squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
