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Boy Edgar
Boy Edgar, pseudonyms of ''George Willem Fred Edgar'' (Amsterdam, 31 March 1915 – 8 April 1980), was a Dutch jazz conductor, pianist and trumpeter.Huygens ING – Amsterdam. Bronvermelding: Lex Lammen, 'Edgar, George Willem Fred (1915–1980)', in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. URL:http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn4/edgar 2-11-2013/ref> He was also a member of the resistance who saved Jewish children during WW2 and was promoted as a doctor after the war on an investigation into multiple sclerosis.Boy_Edgar_receives_posthumous_award_Boy_Edgar_receives_posthumous_award_Yad_Vashem">Yad_Vashem">Boy_Edgar_receives_posthumous_award_Yad_Vashem_Het_Parool">Yad_Vashem.html"_;"title="Yad_Vashem">Boy_Edgar_receives_posthumous_award_Yad_Vashem">Yad_Vashem">Boy_Edgar_receives_posthumous_award_Yad_Vashem_Het_Parool,_9_April_2018 _Life_and_career Boy_Edgar_grew_up_in_Amsterdam_as_the_son_of_a_merchant_in_colonial_products._His_father_was_of_Armenians.html" " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Netherlands
) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherlands , established_title2 = Act of Abjuration , established_date2 = 26 July 1581 , established_title3 = Peace of Münster , established_date3 = 30 January 1648 , established_title4 = Kingdom established , established_date4 = 16 March 1815 , established_title5 = Liberation Day , established_date5 = 5 May 1945 , established_title6 = Kingdom Charter , established_date6 = 15 December 1954 , established_title7 = Caribbean reorganisation , established_date7 = 10 October 2010 , official_languages = Dutch , languages_type = Regional languages , languages_sub = yes , languages = , languages2_type = Recognised languages , languages2_sub = yes , languages2 = , demonym = Dutch , capital = Amsterdam , largest_city = capital , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |