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Boot (surname)
Boot is both a Dutch and English metonymic occupational surname. In Dutch, ''boot'' () sounds like and means boat and the name refers to a "boatman". In English the name refers to the maker or seller of boot Boot * Alexander Boot (born 1948), Russian journalist and author * Arnold Boot later ''Boate'' (1606–1653), Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in Ireland * Charles Boot (1874–1945), English businessman * Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813–1892), Dutch politician * Eddie Boot (1915–1999), English footballer * Elise Boot (born 1932), Dutch jurist and former politician * Fred Boot (born 1965), Dutch theatre producer * Gerard Boot later ''Boate'' (1604–1650), Dutch writer and physician in Ireland * Gladys Boot (1890-1964), British actress * Harry Boot (1917–1983), English physicist * Henri Frédéric Boot (1877–1963), Dutch painter and printmaker * Henry Boot (1851–1931), English businessman, founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles * Jaap Boot (1903 ... [...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 countrywi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (2 June 1850 – 13 June 1931) transformed The Boots Company, founded by his father, John Boot, into a national retailer, which branded itself as "Chemists to the Nation". Biography Boot sold his controlling interest to American investors in 1920. John Boot offered his close friend and business associate John Harston, the opportunity of going into business with him, but Harston declined, feeling the venture was not worth investing in. Boot was a great benefactor to the City of Nottingham. In 1920 Jesse Boot purchased, and presented to the City of Nottingham, 36 acres of open land that lay along the northern side of the Victoria Embankment alongside the River Trent, opposite Plaisaunce, Jesse Boot's summer house which was demolished in 1961. Initially named the 'New Park', it was laid out with grass and trees, and provided a barrier against flooding as well as a pleasant walkway alongside the river. As part of the development an imposing war memori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Boots
John George Boots (1874–1928) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Monmouthshire. He won 16 caps for Wales. Boots was seen as a consistent player with a superb positional sense who would tackle hard and smother the loose ball; his passing skill was strong as was his catching and dribbling. Boots was not a flair player but was a good 'spoiler' and could turn defence into attack, giving backs, such as Nicholls and Lloyd, a platform to run in tries. Boots had an exceptionally long rugby career, in spite of being on his death bed in 1908 with acute pleurisy. Rugby career Club career Boots rugby career started with club side Pill Harriers the tough Newport Docks club that produced fellow Wales internationals Tommy Vile and George Travers. Boots had one of the longest careers in top-flight Welsh rugby, he joined Newport in 1895 and he played his last match for them in 1922. This was his 365th Newport game and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Boots
David W. Boots (born November 18, 1955) is an American retired basketball coach. He was the former head coach of the University of South Dakota men's basketball team. Boots played at Division III Augsburg College Augsburg University is a private university in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It was founded in 1869 as a Norwegian-American Lutheran seminary known as Augsburg Seminarium. Today, the u ... and later coached there. He was named head coach of South Dakota in 1988. Boots retired as head coach in September 2013. He finished as the winningest coach in school history with a record of 503–235. Head coaching record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boots, Dave 1955 births Living people American men's basketball coaches Augsburg Auggies men's basketball coaches Augsburg Auggies men's basketball players College men's basketball head coaches in the United States South D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Boots
Cornelius Boots (Cornelius Shinzen Boots) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. Best known for founding and leading Edmund Welles, the only composing bass clarinet quartet in the world, he now mainly plays and composes for the shakuhachi flute having retired from bass clarinet in 2015 He received his shakuhachi master teaching’s license (Shihan) from Grand Master Michael Chikuzen Gould in 2013. He has recorded five albums and performs internationally. He played on stage during Sony's E3 2018 conference, prior to the reveal of ''Ghost of Tsushima ''Ghost of Tsushima'' is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The player controls Jin Sakai, samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol ...'', a samurai-based video game. Boots mostly plays taimu shakuhachi, which are long, wide-bore flutes noted for their deep tones. References External links * * * I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry James Boot
William Henry James Boot (1848 – 8 September 1918) was an English oil and watercolour artist, illustrator and author. Biography He was born in Manchester, England, going on to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London (from 1874 to 1884); and becoming a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He worked for periodicals, including the ''Illustrated London News'' and ''The Art Journal''. Boot was also a member of The Arts Club, who listed him as a "painter and writer on Gothic architecture". He painted landscapes in England, Europe and North Africa, and also provided illustrations for books (see below). Boot lived in London and married Emily who survived him (d. 1929). They were both buried in Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon .... Illustrated books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitali Boot
Vitali Boot is a German amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at super heavyweight at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships. There he beat Poland's Grzegorz Kielsa (20:14), but lost to eventual winner Ruslan Chagaev. Boot won the German championships seven times. He defeated world class Sebastian Köber Sebastian Köber (born 28 May 1979) is a German boxer, who won the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, he once again finished in ... in the final of the German championships 2002 but lost to him 12:18 in the final 2003. In 2004 he became German champion by defeating Ibrahim Altingul. External links2001 results Heavyweight boxers Living people German male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ton Boot
Antoine "Ton" Boot (born October 16, 1940) is a Dutch retired professional basketball coach and player. Boot is viewed as one of the best Dutch coaches ever, because of his 14 national titles in the Netherlands. The Dutch newspaper '' De Volkskrant'' named him the best Dutch sports coach of the 20th century. Playing career In 1958 Boot won his first Dutch championship with DED Amsterdam. After that he won the national title another four times, in 1961, 1964 and 1965 with The Wolves Amsterdam and five years later with Blue Stars. In December 1959, Boot scored 53 points in a game against Monark, which was the all-time scoring record in the Dutch Basketball League until 1979, when Tony Parker Sr. scored 63 points. In his career Boot also played for the Dutch national basketball team. He played his first game on April 1, 1959. He has eventually played 148 games for the Dutch national team. Personal life He married basketball player Jenny Boot-Tigelaar on 20 September 1967. Coachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Boot
Vernon Patrick Boot (22 October 1914 – 15 January 1947) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who represented his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1938 British Empire Games, winning gold and bronze medals at the latter. Early life and family Born in Kaikōura on 22 October 1914, Boot was the son of Percy Vernon Boot and Estelle Marie Boot (formerly England, née Edge). He was educated at Ashburton High School and Timaru Boys' High School, and went on to study at Canterbury Agricultural College from 1934 to 1935, where he trained for a diploma in agriculture. In 1937, Boot joined the Department of Agriculture as an assistant fields instructor. On 23 March 1940, Boot married Lorna Hinepare Kessell at St Peter's Church, Wellington. Lorna Boot died from meningitis on 15 September 1943 while her husband was serving overseas during World War II. Athletics As a schoolboy at Timaru Boys' High School, Boot ran the 880 yards in 2:00.0, and the 1 mile in 4:26.8. Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Boot
Oliver Boot (born 1979) is an English actor. He trained at RADA, and has appeared on both stage and screen. His theatre credits include ''Antony and Cleopatra'', ''In Extremis'' (in the role of Abelard), ''Three Musketeers'', ''Hayfever'', ''Tartuffe'', ''Jamaica Inn'' and an award-winning world tour of ''Othello'' with Cheek by Jowl. He has starred as Demetrius in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and as Ventidius in ''Timon of Athens'', at the Globe, in London. In 2006 he was asked to perform ''Henry V'' for Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at a private dinner party thrown by the American embassy. He has also acted in the popular TV series ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'', '' As If'', ''The Time of Your Life'', '' Hotel Babylon'', '' Distant Shores'', ''Holby City'', ''Garrow's Law'' and ''My Family''. His film credits include ''Blooded'' an independent British film about the hunting ban in the '90s and more recently he played opposite Mark Strong and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micky Boot
Michael Colin Boot (born 17 December 1947) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Boot joined Arsenal in 1963, turned professional in December 1964, and made his senior debut in October 1966. Boot made his debut on 5 October 1966 in a league cup defeat to West Ham United. Boot's first goal for Arsenal came only three days later against Newcastle United in a 2-0 league victory at Highbury. Boot's final appearance in an Arsenal shirt occurred on 5 November 1966 when he replaced Jon Sammels during Arsenal's 1–0 defeat against Leeds United at Highbury. Over the course of the season, Boot scored 2 goals in 4 appearances in the Football League. After a spell in South Africa with Port Elizabeth City, where he helped the club win the National Football League title, Boot played English non-league football with Nuneaton Borough of the Southern Football League Premier Division, Kidderminster Harriers of the West Midlands (Regional) League, and AP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Boot
Max Alexandrovich Boot (born September 12, 1969) is an American author, consultant, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer and editor for ''Christian Science Monitor'' and then for ''The Wall Street Journal'' in the 1990s. Since then, he has been the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributor to ''The Washington Post''. He has also written for numerous publications such as ''The Weekly Standard'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', and ''The New York Times'', and he has authored books of military history.Max Boot . . Accessed March 1, 2009. In 2018, Boot published ''The Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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