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De Vries
De Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames. It indicates a geographical origin: "Vriesland" is an old spelling of the Dutch province of Friesland (Frisia). Hence, "de Vries" means "the Frisian". The name has been modified to "DeVries", "deVries", or "Devries" in other countries. People named De Vries: Academics * Barend de Vries (1925–2010) – Dutch economist at the World Bank * Benjamin de Vries (born 1923) – Dutch-Israeli economic historian * Gerda de Vries, Canadian mathematician * Glen de Vries * Gustav de Vries (1866–1934) – Dutch mathematician * Hans de Vries (born 1927) – Dutch economic historian * Hent de Vries (born 1958) – Dutch philosopher * Hessel de Vries (1916–1959) – Dutch physicist * Hugo de Vries (1848–1935) – Dutch botanist and geneticist * Jan de Vries (linguist) (1890–1964) – Dutch Germanic mythologist * Jan de Vries (historian) (1943) – (Dutch-)American historian * Jouke de Vries (born 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia (which was a part of Denmark until 1864). The name is probably derived from frisselje' (to braid, thus referring to braided hair). The Frisian languages are spoken by more than 500,000 people; West Frisian is officially recognised in the Netherlands (in Friesland), and North Frisian and Saterland Frisian are recognised as regional languages in Germany. History The ancient Frisii enter recorded history in the Roman account of Drusus's 12 BC war against the Rhine Germans and the Chauci. They occasionally appear in the accounts of Roman wars against the Germanic tribes of the region, up to and including the Revolt of the Batavi around 70 AD. Frisian mercenaries were hired to assist the Roman invasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan De Vries (historian)
Jan de Vries (born November 14, 1943) is a Dutch economic historian. He is Professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his work on the Industrial Revolution and European urbanization, as well as the economic history of the Netherlands. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ... in 2002. References Economic historians 20th-century Dutch historians University of California, Berkeley faculty Winners of the Heineken Prize Living people Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Members of the American Philosophical Society 21st-century Dutch historians Presidents of the Economic History Association 1943 births {{Netherlands-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew DeVries
Andrew W. DeVries (born 1957 in Rochester, New York) is an American artist and sculptor living and working in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. His works, primarily in lost wax cast bronze produced at his own foundry, explore the human body portrayed through dance, though he has a substantial body of work centered in the purely symbolic form as well. Early life and work His early years were spent on his parents' dairy farm in Rochester, NY where he first learned to work with his hands. Frustrated by the limitations of art classes in high school, he dropped out at the age of fifteen, but remained on his parents' farm for 5 years, painting in his spare time.John A. Parks, ''American Artist'', December 2007 From 1978 to 1980 he drew dancers in Ballet Denver, the studios of Rieke Maria Love in Denver, CO, and it was Love that first suggested he try sculpture.Sheryl Lechner, “Heavy Metal” ''Berkshire Living'', Jan/Feb. 2008 Before leaving Colorado, he apprenticed wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriaen De Vries
Adriaen de Vries (c.1556–1626) was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands but working in Central Europe, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation. He also excelled in draughtsmanship. Partly as a result of the disturbances of the Thirty Years' War, and also changes in style, Adriaen de Vries had no direct follower. Life Born in The Hague to a patrician family, his early training is obscure; a recent suggestion suggests an apprenticeship with Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode, known in Italy as Guglielmo Fiammingo, a pupil of Benvenuto Cellini who had returned to the Netherlands. Another possibility is that he was apprenticed to a goldsmith, his brother-in-law Simon Adriaensz Rottermont. Both possibilities are suggestive in view of de Vries' virtuoso casting technique and refined finish. Appren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham De Vries (painter)
Abraham de Vries (ca.1590–1649 or 1650) was a Dutch painter who was one of the leading portraitists of his age. Abraham de Vries in the , accessed 14 March 2016 As he led a peripatetic lifestyle and worked in France, Antwerp and the his stylistic qualities are difficult to pin down.Walter A. Liedtke, 'Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art', Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, p. 931-932 Life Little is known about the early life and training of Abraham de Vries. It is now generally believed that the artist was born in |
Susanna De Vries
Susanna de Vries AM (born 6 October 1936) is an Australian historian, writer, and former academic. She has published more than twenty books, making her one of Queensland's most published authors. The majority of these detail the bravery and hardships experienced by Australian women during the war with female contributions to the arts and various pioneering women the other main subjects of her work. She has also published books on art history and art crime. De Vries was trained as an art historian. In 1996, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to art and literature. She was born in England then moved to Australia in 1975. Early life and education Susanna de Vries was born on 6 October 1936. De Vries grew up in England where she experienced the bombing of London in World War II. Her family home was destroyed forcing the family to live in a series of hotels. Lacking friends of her own age as a hotel child she turned to books and writing for comfort. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald P
Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Raghnall'', a name likewise derived from ''Rögnvaldr''. The latter name is composed of the Old Norse elements ''regin'' ("advice", "decision") and ''valdr'' ("ruler"). ''Ronald'' was originally used in England and Scotland, where Scandinavian influences were once substantial, although now the name is common throughout the English-speaking world. A short form of ''Ronald'' is ''Ron''. Pet forms of ''Ronald'' include ''Roni'' and ''Ronnie''. ''Ronalda'' and ''Rhonda'' are feminine forms of ''Ronald''. '' Rhona'', a modern name apparently only dating back to the late nineteenth century, may have originated as a feminine form of ''Ronald''. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 230, 408; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Rhona. The names ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip James DeVries
Philip James DeVries (born March 7, 1952) is a tropical biologist whose research focuses on insect ecology and evolution, especially butterflies. His best-known work includes symbioses between caterpillars, ants and plants, and community level biodiversity of rainforest butterflies. Biography Early career Phil DeVries was born in Detroit, Michigan, son of Henry William DeVries and Helen Mary DeVries (née Brnabic). His early interest in Biology was nourished by close contact with nature during his childhood in rural Michigan. As an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, DeVries was mentored in botany by professor Warren H. Wagner Jr., known among colleagues as "Herb". In 1975 DeVries received a Bachelor's degree from the School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, with emphasis in botany. His early exposure to systematic botany continued to be useful in his career. From 1975 to 1980, DeVries was a curator of Lepidoptera at the Museo Nacional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Garritsen De Vries
Margaret Garritsen de Vries (1922-2009) was an economist and historian known for her work for the International Monetary Fund. Education deVries received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1946, under the direction of Paul Samuelson. International Monetary Fund career She was among the first employees of the International Monetary Fund in 1946. She represented the agency on missions to many countries around the world, and became a division chief at the fund in 1957, nearly twenty years before any other women did the same. After leaving the fund as an economist as a condition of adopting her children, she returned part-time as a historian of the institution, eventually serving as the IMF's official historian from 1973 until her retirement in 1987. Awards and legacy She was awarded the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award in 2002 in recognition of her work mentoring women in the economics profession. The American E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc De Vries
M.J. (Marc) de Vries (born 1958, Haarlem), is professor of Reformational Philosophy at the Delft University of Technology. Biography Marc de Vries studied physics at the Free University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and graduated in 1982 on the subject: dissolving problems in physical education. In 1988 he got his promotion at the Eindhoven University of Technology on the subject: technology in physical education. He was a teacher in Physics at a school in Papendrecht (1982-1983). In 1983-1984 he was a teacher in Physics, Mathematics and Didactics at the Institute for Teacher Education, Eindhoven University of Pedagogical Technology (PTH). Thereafter, 1984-1988, he was as researcher in Physics and Technology education allied to the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 1988 he was guest researcher at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Technology Education Programme. In 1988-1991 he was head of the Technology Education department (teachers' educations p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly DeVries
Kelly Robert DeVries (born December 23, 1956) is an American historian specializing in the warfare of the Middle Ages. He is often featured as an expert commentator on television documentaries. He is professor of history at Loyola University Maryland and Honorary Historical Consultant at the Royal Armouries, UK. Education He received his PhD in Medieval studies in 1987 from the University of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies. Awards DeVries with co-editor Michael Livingston was named as one of the recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History for their book ''The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook''. Selected works * (1992) ''Medieval Military Technology'' Broadview Press. * (1999) ''Joan of Arc: A Military Leader'' Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, * (1999) ''The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066'' Boydell Press, . * (1996) ''Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century'' Boydell Press. * ''Guns and Men in Medieval Europe'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
