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Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé
Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans male given name. An archaic spelling of the name was Christiaen with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a". People with the name include: * Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and theological writer *Christiaan Andriessen (1775–1846), Dutch painter * Christiaan Bailey (born 1981), American surfer * Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965), South African writer * Christiaan Bangeman Huygens (1772–1857), Dutch diplomat and civil servant *Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), South African cardiac surgeon known for his heart transplants * Christiaan Basson (born 1982), South African golfer * Christiaan Berger (1911–1965), Dutch sprinter * Christiaan Beyers (1869–1914), South African Boer general during the Second Boer War * Christiaan Bezuidenhout (born 1994), South African golfer * Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (1915–2004), South African cleric, theologian, and anti-apartheid activist * Christiaen Jansz van Biesel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male
Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and Asexual reproduction, asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender, in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineage (evolution), lineages, an example of convergent evolution. The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in isogamy, isogamous species with two or more mating types with gametes of identic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Beyers
Christiaan Frederik Beyers (23 September 1869 – 8 December 1914) was a Boer attorney, politician and general during the Second Boer War and one of the leaders of the pro-German Maritz rebellion (1914 – 1915) against the government of the Union of South Africa.A.E., ''Onze Krijgs-officieren. Album van portretten met levens-schetsen der Transvaalse Generaals en Kommandanten'', 1904, p. 37.Chisholm 1922 Biography Beyers was born on his family farm Banhoek near Stellenbosch, Cape Colony. He graduated there at Victoria College as an attorney in 1889. Transvaal attorney and Boer War general Shortly afterwards he migrated to Pretoria in the South African Republic (Transvaal), where he passed his legal ''procureur'' exam in 1894. He then settled in Boksburg starting a legal practice with his friends König and Malherbe. He married his legal partner's sister Mathilde König. As a sportsman, he played for the Transvaal Rugby Team against the first British Lions. In 1896, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaen Van Couwenbergh
Christiaen van Couwenbergh, (8 July 1604 – 4 July 1667)Couwenbergh, Christiaen Gillisz. van at the databases was a painter. Biography Couwenbergh was born in . His father Gillis was a silversmith, engraver, and art dealer from . Gillis had moved to Delft before 1604 where he married Adriaantje Vosmaer, the sister of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Cornelissen
Christiaan Gerardus Cornelissen (1864–1942) was a Dutch journalist and economist, and one of the leading figures of syndicalism in the Netherlands. Biography Christiaan Gerardus Cornelissen was born on 30 August 1864, in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch, the second son of the carpenter Johannes Cornelissen and Mechelina van Wijk. He was educated at the in his home town. By the time he finished school, Cornelissen had renounced his native religion of Catholicism and taught himself how to speak the Latin and English languages. He then went into teaching, working at schools in Reek, Geertruidenberg and Middelburg. In the latter city, he joined a political club that agitated for universal suffrage, and began editing its newspaper ''Licht en Waarheid'', publishing its first issue in May 1899. He also became involved in trade unionism and his reading of Karl Marx attracted him to classical economics and the theories of socialism. He subsequently joined the Social Democratic Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Coevershoff
Christiaan Coevershoff or Cornelis Coeuershoff (1595-1659) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Groningen. Coevershoff was born in Groningen but moved to Amsterdam where he trained as a painter. He was rediscovered by Isa van Eeghen who researched his ''Anatomy lesson of Dr. Zacheus de Jager''.De anatomische les van Christiaan Coevershof of : op zoek naar een notoir misdadiger, by Eeghen, I.H. van, 1958 His work shows that he was influenced by Hendrik Goltzius and Cornelis van Haarlem.Christiaan Coevershoff in the RKD Besides Amsterdam and Enkhuizen he is known for working in The Hague, where he was one of the founders of the Confrerie Pictura The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague (the Netherlands) by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there. History The guild of St. Luke in the Hague existed a ... in 1656. Coevershoff died in The Hague. References 1595 births 1659 deaths Pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Cicek
Christiaan Cicek (born 3 December 1988) is a Dutch footballer of Assyrian descent who plays as a striker for FC Suryoye-Mediterraneo. Club career Christiaan Cicek's professional debut was on 12 September 2011 for FC Zwolle against Helmond Sport. Before Christiaan Cicek came to PEC Zwolle he did a soccer internship for Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Aramean people, Syriac-Aramean immigrants .... In September 2015, he joined Dutch amateur side FC Suryoye-Mediterraneo from German team Spvgg Vreden. – Tubantia Referenc ...
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Christiaan Brunings
Christiaan Brunings (Mannheim-Neckarau, 3 November 1736 – The Hague, 16 May 1805) was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. Early life Brunings was the son of a preacher in Mannheim-Neckarau in Germany. After high school he attended the University of Heidelberg. He had to break off his studies for lack of money and found work in the vinegar works of his brother in the Netherlands. Here he met Jan Noppen (1706-1764), superintendent of the ''Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland'' ( Rijnland Water Board). He was Brunings' mentor and taught him music, mathematics, physics, astronomy and engineering. After the death of Noppen, Brunings succeeded him on 25 May 1765 in his function. Work In 1769 Brunings became Inspector General of the Government Rivers, giving more attention to water management of the upper rivers. In 1798 he was appointed head of the ''Bureau voor den Waterstaat'' (Office of Public Works), the forerunner of the ''Rijkswaterstaat''. Brunings spent more than thirty years as head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Bruil
Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil (born 20 December 1970 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, who is his wife. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Kim Dong-moon and Ra Kyung-min of Korea in the round of 16. He also participated four years earlier at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ... when he reached the quarter-finals in mixed doubles alongside Erica van den Heuvel. They were eventually beaten by Joanne Goode and Simon Archer. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruil, Chris 1970 births Living people Dutch male badminton players Olympic badmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Brosch
Christiaan Adolf Willem Brosch (7 March 1878 – 29 June 1969) was a Dutch sports shooter. He competed for the Netherlands in two events at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ..., the men's individual revolver and pistol and the men's team free rifle at 300 metres. In the team event, Brosch scored 179 standing, 234 kneeling, and 295 prone, for a total of 708. The team placed seventh with 4,130 points total. In the individual event, Bosch came in 41st place with 337 points. References External links * 1878 births 1969 deaths Dutch male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Netherlands Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from The Hague 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Both (ecologist)
Christiaan Both (born 12 December 1969) is a Dutch Associate professor of ecology at the University of Groningen. Early life Christiaan Both was born in the Netherlands in 1969. From 1988 to 1993 he studied in various universities including Groningen, Oxford and Wageningen. In 1998 he graduated with a Ph.D. from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and since that time worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Groningen, Bangor universities as well as University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2004 he joined Animal Ecology Group, a division of Groningen and three years later became Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research's fellow. Career Christiaan Both studied density-dependent reproduction during his PhD, where he aimed to understand why birds lay smaller clutches when competition increased. This work was both using long-term data from hole-breeding passerines, and also experimental. It showed that great tit clutch size is causally affected by local density, and that the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Both
Christiaan Both (2 October 1895 – 11 October 1977) was a Dutch sports shooter. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References 1895 births 1977 deaths Dutch male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Netherlands Shooters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Breda 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Boers
Christianus Franciscus Johannes Boers (24 October 1889 – 3 May 1942) was a captain in the Royal Netherlands Army during World War II who scored one of the few Allies of World War II, Allied victories during the Battle of the Netherlands, German invasion of the Netherlands, by rallying his men in holding off and pushing back the German attackers during the Battle of the Afsluitdijk, fought from 12 to 14 May 1940. After the capitulation of Dutch forces on 15 May, Boers joined the Dutch resistance and the , an illegal organization set up to preserve order once the Germans were defeated and had been driven from the country. The organization was led almost entirely by ex-army officers, but had been infiltrated by a German informant. Subsequently, Boers and other members were arrested over the spring and summer of 1941. After a mass trial, Boers was executed at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1942. Boers is often described as a "professional officer" and a "natural leader" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
