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Cornelia (name)
Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius (name), Cornelius or Cornelis. Nel, Nele, Nelly, Corey, Lia, or Nelia can be used as a shortened version of Cornelia (or Helen (given name), Helen or Eleanor). Conny, Connie, Nele, or Neele are popular German short forms used in their own right. Lia and Cokkie are diminutive versions of the Dutch name. In Ancient Rome, ''Cornelia'' was the name of the women born in all the branches of the Cornelii family. For a list of the notable Roman women, see: Cornelia (gens). It is the alternate spelling of Kornelia, Korneliya, and Cornélia. Historical women with the name *Cornelia Africana, mother of the Gracchi *Cornelia (wife of Caesar), Cornelia, first wife of Julius Caesar *Cornelia, a Christian saint martyred with Anesius *Cornelia Metella ( 73 BCE – 48 BCE), daughter of Metellus Scipio *Cornelia Salonina (died 268), wife of Roman Emperor Gallienus *Cornelia van Cortlandt, the mother of General Phili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nel (name)
Nel is both a South African (Afrikaans) surname and a Dutch language, Dutch feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *André Nel (born 1977), South African cricketer *Andries Nel (born 1965), South African deputy minister *Anton Nel (born 1961), American classical pianist *Christof Nel (born 1944), German theatre and opera director *Corne Nel, South African rugby player *Dewald Nel (born 1980), South African-born Scottish cricketer *Elizabeth Nel (1917–2007), English personal secretary to Winston Churchill during the Second World War *Fred Nel, South African politician *Gerrie Nel (born 1961), South African advocate and prosecutor *Gert Cornelius Nel (1885–1950), South African botanist *Gert Vlok Nel (born 1963), South African poet *Grant Nel, Australian diver *Jack Nel (born 1928), South African cricketer *Jacques Nel (born 1993), South African rugby player *Japie Nel (born 1982), South African rugby player *Jean-Pierre Nel, South African rugby player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anesius
Anesius is one of several Christian martyrs in Africa commemorated as saints on March 31. The ''Martyrologium Romanum'' mentions Anesius, Theodulus, and Cornelia. All mentioned saints were canonized pre-congregation. Other sources, including ''Commentarium Historicum ad Universum Romanum Martyrologium'', includes other names including Felix, Portus, Abdas (or Abda), and Valeria. See also * Scillitan Martyrs The Scillitan Martyrs were a company of twelve North African Christians who were executed for their beliefs on 17 July 180 AD. The martyrs take their name from Scilla (or Scillium), a town in Numidia. The ''Acts of the Apostles (genre), Acts of t ... References Sources * Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924. Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Ante-Nicene Christian martyrs Christian saints in unknown century Saints from Roman Africa (province) {{saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Bürki
Cornelia Bürki (born 3 October 1953) is a South African-born retired long-distance runner who represented Switzerland in three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1980, with her best result being fifth in the 1984 3000 metres final. She is a 47-time Swiss national outdoor champion, which includes a fifteen-year undefeated streak in cross country and fifteen consecutive titles over 1500 metres, from 1975 to 1989. She was voted the Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1978. That year she finished fifth at the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She was fourth in the 1500m and 3000m finals at the 1987 World Championships. Athletic career Born in Humansdorp, South Africa, Burki moved to Switzerland in 1973. She started with athletics in April 1974. After only 3 months of training she already represented Switzerland at a match against Italy and France. One year later she broke the Swiss records in the 1500m and 3000m. In 1996 she added the 800m record to her name. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Bouman
Cornelia "Kea" Tiedemann-Bouman (23 November 1903 – 17 November 1998) was a female tennis player from the Netherlands. She won the singles title at the 1927 French Championships, beating Irene Bowder Peacock of South Africa in the final. Bouman was the first and, to this date, the only Dutch woman who has won a Grand Slam singles title. Bouman additionally won the 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926 Dutch national tennis championship (singles). Born in Almelo, Bouman is also the first female Dutch athlete to win an Olympic medal in any sport, when she teamed with Hendrik Timmer to win bronze in mixed doubles at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. In October 1927 Bouman won the singles title of the inaugural edition of the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championship, defeating Molla Mallory in the final in three sets. In 1929, Bouman teamed with Spain's Lilí Álvarez to win the women's doubles title at the French Championships, precursor of the French Open. According to A. Wallis Myers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Ten Boom
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home. They were caught, and she was arrested and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Her most famous book, '' The Hiding Place'', is a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she found and shared hope in God while she was imprisoned at the concentration camp. Early life Corrie ten Boom was born on 15 April 1892 in Haarlem, Netherlands, the youngest child of Casper ten Boom, a jeweler and watchmaker, and Cornelia (commonly known as "Cor") Johanna Arnolda, née Luitingh, whom he married in 1884. She was named after her mother but known as Corrie all her life. Corrie had three older siblings: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conny Van Bentum
Cornelia "Conny" van Bentum (born 12 August 1965, in Barneveld) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Van Bentum competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – .... At each of those swimming tournaments she won a medal with the 4×100 m freestyle relay team: one bronze (1980), and two silvers (1984 and 1988). In 1988 she won the 'Open' ASA National British Championships over 50 metres freestyle, 100 metres freestyle and 200 metres freestyle. She also won the 100 metres butterfly and the 200 metres butterfly titles in 1988. References External links Dutch Olympic Committee 1965 births Living people People from Barneveld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Bargmann
Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born January 1, 1961) is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using ''C. elegans'', particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and had been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UCSF and then Rockefeller University from 1995 to 2016. She was the Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from 2016 to 2022. In 2012 she was awarded the $1 million Kavli Prize, and in 2013 the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Early life and education Bargmann was born in Virginia and grew up in Athens, Georgia. Her parents are European immigrants. She is one of four sisters, and the daughter of Rolf Bargmann, a statistician and computer scientist at the University of Georgia.Crevar. She grew up playing the piano and was exposed to literature and education from a very young age. She described he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Lister
Cornelia Lister (born 26 May 1994) is a former Swedish tennis player. She has won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental .... On 7 May 2018, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 383. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 72 in the doubles rankings. Doubles performance timeline WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (title) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 40 (25 titles, 15 runner–ups) External links * * * 1994 births Living people Swedish female tennis players People from Linköping Sportspeople from Östergötland County 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795. Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous merchant. He pursued his education in New York before serving as an artillery officer in the American Revolutionary War. Hamilton saw action in the New York and New Jersey campaign, served for years as an aide to General George Washington, and helped secure American victory at the Siege of Yorktown. After the war, Hamilton served as a delegate from New York to the Congress of the Confederation. He resigned to practice law and founded the Bank of New York. In 1786, Hamilton led the Annapolis Convention to replace the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution of the United States, which he helped ratify by writing 51 of the 85 installments of ''The Federalist Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Elizabeth Hamilton (née Schuyler ; August 9, 1757 – November 9, 1854), also called Eliza or Betsey, was an American socialite and philanthropist. Married to American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, she was a defender of his works and co-founder and deputy director of Graham Windham, the first private orphanage in New York City. Eliza is recognized as an early American philanthropist for her work with the Orphan Asylum Society. Childhood and family Elizabeth was born in Albany, New York, the second daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, a Revolutionary War general, and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. The Van Rensselaers of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck were one of the richest and most politically influential families in the state of New York. She had seven siblings who lived to adulthood, including Angelica Schuyler Church and Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer, but she had 14 siblings altogether. Her family was among the wealthy Dutch lando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Schuyler Church
Angelica Church (née Schuyler ; February 20, 1756 – March 6, 1814) was an American socialite. She was the eldest daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, and a sister of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. For sixteen years, she lived in Europe with her British-born husband, John Barker Church, who became a Member of Parliament. She was a prominent member of the social elite everywhere she lived, which included Albany and New York City, as well as Paris and London. Some of her correspondence with eminent friends have been preserved, including notable exchanges with Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette. The village and surrounding town of Angelica, New York were named after her. Early life Angelica Schuyler was born in Albany, New York. She was the eldest child of Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Her parents were from wealthy Dutch families prominent since early colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Philip Schuyler
Philip John Schuyler (; November 18, 1804) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler. Born in Albany, Province of New York, into the prosperous Schuyler family, Schuyler fought in the French and Indian War. He won election to the New York General Assembly in 1768 and to the Continental Congress in 1775. He planned the Continental Army's 1775 Invasion of Quebec, but poor health forced him to delegate command of the invasion to Richard Montgomery. He prepared the Continental Army's defense of the 1777 Saratoga campaign, but was replaced by General Horatio Gates as the commander of Continental forces in the theater. Schuyler resigned from the Continental Army in 1779. Schuyler served in the New York State Senate for most of the 1780s and supported the ratification of the United States Constitution. He represented New York in the 1st Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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