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Cor (given Name)
Cor is a common Dutch given name. Its most commonly a masculine name, short for Cornelis (or rarely Cornelius), but also occurs as a feminine name, short for Cornelia. People with the name include: Masculine name *Cor Bakker (1918–2011), Dutch racing cyclist *Cor Bakker (born 1961), Dutch pianist * Cor Blekemolen (1894–1972), Dutch racing cyclist *Cor Blommers (1901–1983), Dutch boxer *Cor Boonstra (born 1938), Dutch businessman, CEO of Philips *Cor Braasem (1923–2009), Dutch water polo player *Cor Brom (1932–2008), Dutch football player and manager *Cor Dam (born 1935), Dutch sculptor, painter, illustrator and ceramist *Cor van Dijkum (born 1950), Dutch sociologist *Cor Dillen (1920–2009), Dutch businessman, Director of Philips in South America *Cor Edskes (1925–2015), Dutch historian and organ restorator * Cor van Eesteren (1897–1988), Dutch architect and urban planner *Cor Euser (born 1957), Dutch racing driver *Cor Fuhler (1964–2020), Dutch-Australian experim ... [...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 country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Fuhler
Cornelis William Hendrik Fuhler (3 July 1964 – 19 July 2020) was a Dutch/Australian improvisor, composer, and instrument builder associated with free jazz, experimental music and acoustic ecology. He played piano by manipulating sound with electromagnetic string stimulators like Ebows and motorized actuators. Fuhler also performed on guitar, turntables and synthesizer. He invented the keyolin, a combination of keyboard and violin. Fuhler was a student of Misha Mengelberg of the Instant Composers Pool. He recorded the album ''Corkestra'' (Data, 2005) with Ab Baars, Tony Buck, Tobias Delius, Wilbert de Joode, Anne La Berge, Andy Moor, Nora Mulder, and Michael Vatcher. Fuhler played prepared piano, analog keyboards, clavinet, melodica, and electric lamellophone. Fuhler played solo prepared piano on his album ''Stengam'' (Potlatch, 2007). In 2016 he attained a PhD in composition at the University of Sydney and in 2017 he published his book ''Disperse and Display'' covering modular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor De Jager
General Cornelis "Cor" de Jager (1925–2001) was an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army, Chief of the Defence Staff from 1980 to 1983 and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) is the head of the NATO Military Committee, which advises the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on military policy and strategy. The CMC is the senior military spokesperson of the 30-nation alliance and ... from 1983 to 1986. NATO. Retrieved 19 December 2016. Selected publications *"NATO's Strategy", '' NATO Review'', 34/5 (October 1986).References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Van Hout
Cornelis (Cor) van Hout (18 August 1957 – 24 January 2003) was a Dutch criminal and mastermind of the kidnapping of beer magnate Freddy Heineken. Life Kidnapping and imprisonment During the abduction, Van Hout collaborated with Willem Holleeder, Frans Meijer, Martin Erkamps and Jan Boellaard. The five men abducted Freddy Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer in front of Heineken's office on 9 November 1983, after which they imprisoned the two men for a period of three weeks in a Quonset hut in Westpoort, a part of Amsterdam, asking a ransom for Heineken of 35 million guilders. After the release of the hostages on 30 November, Van Hout and Holleeder managed to escape. They both fled to Paris. However, the two men were arrested by the French police on 29 February 1984. They fought extradition to the Netherlands and were at first placed under house arrest in a hotel on 6 December 1985, before being transferred on 13 February 1986 first to Guadeloupe, then to Saint Barthélemy, then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Van Der Hoeven
Cornelis "Cor" van der Hoeven (12 May 1921 – 1 February 2017) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a midfielder for DWS and Ajax. He also made three appearances with the national team. He was born in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population .... Van der Hoeven died on 1 February 2017 in Amsterdam at the age of 95. References 1921 births 2017 deaths Dutch men's footballers AFC Ajax players AFC DWS players Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players Footballers from Amsterdam Netherlands men's international footballers {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Van Den Heuvel
Cor Van den Heuvel (born March 6, 1931) is an American haiku poet, editor and archivist. Biography Van den Heuvel was born in Biddeford, Maine, and grew up in Maine and New Hampshire. He lives on Long Island near his niece and still spends time writing and exploring natrure. He first discovered haiku in 1958 in San Francisco where he heard Gary Snyder mention it at a poetry reading. He returned to the East Coast the following year and continued composing haiku. He became the house poet of a Boston coffee house, reading haiku and other poetry to jazz musical accompaniment. In 1971 he joined the Haiku Society of America and became its president in 1978. Work Van den Heuvel has published several books of his own haiku, including one on baseball. He is the editor of the three editions of ''The Haiku Anthology''; the original Haiku Anthology published in 1974 by Doubleday, the second edition published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster, and the third edition published in 1999 by Norton. Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Herkströter
Antonius Johannes Cornelius "Cor" Herkströter (born 21 August 1937) is a former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell. Cor Herkströter was born in Venlo. He studied economics and accountancy at the School of Economics in Rotterdam (now Erasmus University Rotterdam). After graduating, he joined Billiton mining company which was latterly taken over by Shell. During his career at Shell he rose to the most senior executive position at the company, the Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors, on 1 July 1993. In 1996, he reorganized the central offices in The Hague and London and laboratories in Amsterdam and Rijswijk. He retired in 1998. After his tenure at Royal Dutch Shell, he became President Commissioner of the ING Group The ING Group ( nl, ING Groep) is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, wholesale bankin .... Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Hemmers
Cornelius "Cor" Hemmers (born August 24, 1956 in Breda) is a Dutch kickboxing trainer associated with the Golden Glory gym in Breda, Netherlands. Biography Hemmers began his Martial Arts training in Judo at the age of 6, which he studied until the age of 15 when he switched to Kyokushin Karate. In 1976, Hemmers began competing in Full Contact Karate. During the 1980s, however, Kickboxing and Muay Thai became more popular in the Netherlands and Hemmers took this up. His professional Kickboxing record was 25 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw. In 1984, Hemmers opened his own gym called Maeng Ho-Hemmers Gym and he later became the head trainer at the Golden Glory gym. Over the years, Hemmers trained many world champions in all categories in both kickboxing and mixed martial arts including Ramon Dekkers, Heath Herring, Stefan Leko, Alistair Overeem, Bas Rutten, Gökhan Saki, Semmy Schilt and Errol Zimmerman. In 1990 Hemmers also started a Promotion Company called Oriental Fight Promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Heeren
Cor Heeren (5 December 1900 – 7 May 1976) was a Dutch cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ... References External links * 1900 births 1976 deaths Dutch male cyclists Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics People from Halderberge Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Van Der Hart
Cor van der Hart (25 January 1928 – 12 December 2006) was a Dutch footballer. He is known as one of the best defenders of the Netherlands national team in history, who was physically strong, who read the game very well and who had a quality kicking technique.Cor van der Hart overleden , nos.nl Playing career Van der Hart was born in and as a youngster he tried out for the famous youth academy of . He attended a young talent day held at the club and out of 300 players only two were chosen to represent the club: Van der ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor De Groot
Cor de Groot (July 7, 1914May 26, 1993) was a Dutch pianist and composer. He was born in Amsterdam. He studied piano with Egbert Veen and Ulferts Schults, and composition and conducting under Sem Dresden. In 1932 he graduated with highest honours, playing a piano concerto written by himself. After becoming a soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, he won the fifth prize at the 1936 international contest for pianists in Vienna. He played all over the world and recordings that exist demonstrate a strong sense of structure, a clean rhythmic attack and very precise dynamic shadings. He was a member of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition's jury in 1956. In 1959 a nervous disorder developed in his right hand but he continued playing repertoire for the left hand. He arranged more than 80 pieces for the left hand; his ''Apparitions, voor piano (linkerhand alleen)'' (1961) were described by one reviewer as "intense and expressive piano music that should make it a joy for a pianist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Groot
Cornelis "Cor" Groot (21 January 1909, Akersloot – 23 September 1978, Haarlem) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco. Groot, as helmsman on the Dutch Dragon, took 10th place with crew members Jan Bol and Pieter de Zwart. Groot was also the substitute helmsmen for the 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ... Dutch Dragon. Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * External links * * * 1909 births 1978 deaths People from Akersloot Dutch male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of the Netherlands Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sportspeople from North Holland {{Netherlands-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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