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Claassen
Claassen or Claassens is an Afrikaans, Dutch and Low German patronymic surname. It may refer to: *Arthur Claassen (1859–1920), German orchestral conductor *Ben Claassen III (born 1977), American comics artist and illustrator * (born 1969), Dutch jazz singer *George Claassen (born ca. 1950), South African writer, brother of Wynand * J. G. Claassen (born 1991), South African golfer *Johan Claassen (1929–2019), South African rugby player * Neil Claassen (born 1992), South African rugby player *Peter Walter Claassen (1886–1937), American entomologist ** Claasenia, a genus of stoneflies, Claassen's skolly, a butterfly * Ruben Claassen (born 1993), South African cricketer * (born 1964), Dutch sculptor *Utz Claassen (born 1963), German manager *Wynand Claassen (born 1951), South African rugby player, brother of George ;Claassens *Errie Claassens (born 1981), South African rugby player *Michael Claassens (born 1982), South African rugby player See also *Claessen * Claessens * Claso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utz Claassen
Utz Claassen (born May 7, 1963 in Hannover) is a German manager, management consultant, entrepreneur, investor and author. He has held senior management positions in some of Germany’s most prominent companies such as Volkswagen and EnBW. Education In 1980 Claassen earned his high school diploma ( Abitur) after skipping two grades with a grade point average of 0.7 (close to the highest value possible on the German scale). As this was the best diploma score a high school student had hitherto achieved in Germany, he was invited to the German ARD (broadcaster) TV show "Auf Los geh's los". Claassen studied economics at Leibniz University Hannover and at Oxford University. From 1986 to 1987, he served as the President of all post-graduate students at Magdalen College and of the entire University of Oxford. In 1985 and 1989, respectively, he obtained his master's degree ( Diplom) and his Doctorate at the University of Hannover with distinguished grades each. Career Early years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Claassen
George Claassen is a South African journalist who was the head of department of journalism at Pretoria Technikon and Stellenbosch University. Claassen was the first academic in the field of journalism to develop a course in science and technology journalism and can rightly be called the "father of science communication in Africa" In 1997 he developed and established the first university course in science and technology journalism at an African university. He became science editor for the Afrikaans daily newspaper, Die Burger and is the founding director of Sceptic South Africa. He is occasionally referred to as the "South African Richard Dawkins." Claassen is the director of the Centre for Science and Technology Mass Communication (CENSCOM) at the University of Stellenbosch and is the ombudsman of Media24's Community Press. He also serves as science correspondent for the SABC. Education and career Claassen studied at the University of Pretoria where he completed his BA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errie Claassens
Errie Claassens (born 27 October 1981) is a former South Africa rugby union player. Errie is the brother of RC Toulonnais, Toulon player Michael Claassens who plays at scrum-half (rugby union), scrum half and has represented the Free State Cheetahs and the Springboks. Claassens moved to the UK in 2005 to sign for the Rotherham R.U.F.C., Rotherham Titans where he spent four seasons, developing from a bit part player into a proven try scorer. In 2009 he moved to London Welsh where he was to further his reputation with a strong try scoring record and a number of sparkling individual performances. He has a reputation as a skilful and pacey broken play runner who can play at both Full back (rugby union), full back and Wing (rugby union), winger. Errie formerly played as a fullback (rugby union), fullback or winger for Worcester Warriors. Claassens was named as part of the ''Rugby Times ''magazine 2009/2010 RFU Championship "Dream Team" thanks to his consistently strong play and try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynand Claassen
Wynand Claassen (born 16 January 1951, in Schweizer-Reneke) is a former South African rugby player and Springbok captain. Playing career He was selected as eighth-man for Northern Transvaal whilst studying architecture at the University of Pretoria in the late 1970s. He formed a loose-trio with Thys Lourens and Burger Geldenhuys and soon had two Currie Cup final victories, in 1975 and 1977. In 1980 he moved to Natal and was selected for the Springboks in 1981, captaining the team on his debut against Ireland. Despite Natal's relegation to the Currie Cup B section at the end of 1981 he continued as Springbok captain until 1984. He played seven test matches for the Springboks, all as captain and also played in six tour matches, scoring two tries. Claassen is credited with reviving rugby at the University of Natal, both as a player and later as a coach. In 1988 he coached the Durban campus of the University of Natal to the Moor Cup title. Test history Springbok captain In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Claassen III
Ben Claassen III is a comics artist and illustrator originally from New Orleans, Louisiana who frequently works with non-traditional media such as stencils, long exposure photography, sign painting techniques, and the use of stop-motion animation via a Game Boy Camera. He is best known for his illustrations in Wil Wheaton's first book, ''Dancing Barefoot'', weekly illustrations in ''The Washington Post'', and for the weekly comic strip, ''DIRTFARM''. ''DIRTFARM'' has appeared in several alternative weekly publications, including ''Washington City Paper'', ''Baltimore City Paper'', the ''Chicago Reader'', ''Dagens Nyheter ''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record. History and profile ''Da ...'', ''Antigravity Magazine'', ''The St. John Sun Times'', and the ''Chattanooga Pulse''. Claassen co-created and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Claassen
Professor Johannes Theodorus Claassen (23 September 1929 – 6 January 2019) was a South African rugby player, playing at the second-row forward position. Biography He attended school in Christiana and later attended University in Potchefstroom. He made his first appearance for Western Transvaal when he was 19 years old and went on to play a total of 105 matches for Western Transvaal. He made his Test debut six years later against the Lions at Ellis Park. In 1958, Claassen became captain of the South African National Team before a match against the French. In 1962, he led the South African team to a winning streak, including a major victory over the British and Irish Lions. From 1968 to 1971 he was head coach of the South African team, known as the Springboks, winning 17 out of 26 test matches. In club rugby, Claassen was most notably a star for Western Transvaal The Province of the Transvaal ( af, Provinsie van Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal (; ), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Claassens
Michael Claassens (born 28 October 1982 in Kroonstad, Free State) is a former South African rugby union player that played professional rugby between 2003 and 2018. He made in excess of 350 senior appearances, including eight test matches for the South Africa national team. He made his first class debut in 2003 for the , making 64 appearances for the Bloemfontein-based side between 2003 and 2006. He also played Super Rugby for the in 2005 and the in 2006 and 2007. He joined Bath in the Premiership in England for the 2007–08 season, where he stayed for six seasons. He then had two seasons at in the Top 14 before returning to South Africa to finish his career at the Durban-based . He is the brother of Errie Claassens, also a professional rugby union player. Honours ;Free State Cheetahs *Currie Cup: 2005 ; Bath *European Challenge Cup: 2007–2008 ;Toulon * Heineken Cup European Champions: 2014 * Top 14 French League : 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Claassen
Arthur Claassen, Sr. (February 19, 1859 - March 16, 1920) was an orchestral conductor. Biography He was born in Stargard, Germany on February 19, 1859. He attended the music school in Weimar, Germany. From 1880 to 1884 he worked as an opera conductor in Göttingen and Magdeburg. In 1884 he migrated to the United States and became the conductor for the New York Eichenkranz and then the conductor for the Brooklyn Arion in 1890. Claassen moved to San Francisco, California in 1919. He died on March 16, 1920 in San Francisco. He was buried in Mission Burial Park South in San Antonio, Texas ("Cradle of Freedom") , image_map = , mapsize = 220px , map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1= State , subdivision_name1 = Texas , subdivision_t .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claassen, Arthur 1859 births 1920 deaths German emigrants to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Claassen
Neil Claassen (born in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the . His regular position is lock or flanker. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby He was a member of the Eastern Province side that participated at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008. His performance in the tournament also earned him an inclusion in an Under-16 Elite Squad in the same year. He played for youth sides for Bloemfontein-based side, the . He played for the side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, also captaining the side. He progressed to the squad and started 25 matches for them during the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championships, also scoring six tries for them during the 2013 competition to make him his side's top try scorer for the competition. This six-try haul also included a brace against eventual champions . In 2014, he represented Varsity Cup side , scoring three tries in seven starts for the university side. Free State Cheetahs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Claassen
Ruben Claassen (born 12 August 1993) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in the Northerns squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup The 2016 Africa T20 Cup was the second edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in South Africa from 2 September to 1 October 2016, as a curtain-raiser to the 2016–17 South African domestic season. Organised by .... References External links * 1993 births Living people South African cricketers Northerns cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perlidae
The Perlidae are a family of stoneflies, with more than 50 genera and 1,100 described species. The majority of the Perlidae are found in eastern North America, but they occur worldwide except for Antarctica and parts of Africa. Their lifecycles range between one and three years. They adults emerge in the summer; they are very active and known to be attracted to light sources. They are usually very sensitive to changes in environment. Perlidae are usually lotic and lentic erosional. They are found in cool, clear medium-sized to large streams and sometimes in larger, warm rivers that carry silt. They are crawlers and can move quickly. In still water, no water moves over their gills, so they move their bodies up and down to keep oxygen flowing over them. They are engulfer-predators. They consume all types of invertebrates Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claassen's Skolly
''Thestor claassensi'', the Claassen's skolly, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is only known from the West Cape on coastal rocky outcrops in fynbos near Stilnaai between Knysna and Cape Town. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 27–36 mm for males and 29–39 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to early December. There is one generation per year. References Thestor Butterflies described in 2004 Endemic fauna of South Africa Butterflies of Africa {{Miletinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
