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De Witte (book)
''De Witte'' or ''Dewitte'' is Dutch and Flemish for "The White" and may refer to: * The noble family "de Witte" (from Antwerpen) Surname * André de Witte (1944–2021), Belgian bishop in Brazil * Bruno de Witte (born 1955), Belgian legal scholar * Chris De Witte (born 1978), Belgian footballer * Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692), Dutch perspective painter * (1882–1952), Czech politician * Gaspar de Witte (1624–1681), Flemish painter * Gaston-François de Witte (1897–1980), Belgian herpetologist * Hans de Witte (1583–1630), German financier * Ivan De Witte (born 1947), Belgian entrepreneur and football executive * (1738–1809), Flemish architect, who designed the fortification of Tallinn * Jacomina de Witte (1582–1661), Dutch woman central in a famous corruption case * Jan de Witte (bishop) (1475–1540), Flemish priest, first Bishop of Cuba * Jan de Witte (1709–1785), Dutch-Polish military engineer and architect *Jeremy Dewitte (born 1972), American police imp ... [...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] |
Léon De Witte De Haelen
Baron Léon Alphonse Ernest Bruno de Witte de Haelen, born Léon de Witte (12 January 1857 – 15 July 1933) was a Belgian army officer and general who served during World War I. He is particularly known for commanding the Belgian Cavalry Division at the Battle of Haelen in 1914. Military career De Witte entered the Royal Military Academy in 1874. He was promoted to Sous-lieutenant in 1878. In 1880, he requested a transfer to the cavalry and was posted to the 2nd Chasseurs à Cheval. He received his Brevet d'état-major (BEM) in 1887, and between 1906 and 1910 served as commander of the 1st Guides Regiment. He held command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade between 1910 and 1913 and was in command of the newly created Cavalry Division when Belgium was invaded by Germany in 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in August 1914, just 6 days before commanding his division at the Battle of Haelen. The Belgian victory at the battle, nicknamed the "Battle of the Silver Helmets" after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witte
Witte (and de Witte) are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologer * Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor and teacher * Dave Witte, American drummer * Earl Witte (1906–1991), American football player * Edwin E. Witte (1887–1960), American economist, "father of social security" * Els Witte (born 1941), Belgian historian * Erich Witte (1911–2008), German stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director * George Witte (21st-century), American poet * Helmut Witte (1915–2005), German U-boat commander * Herman Witte (1909–1973), Dutch engineer and politician * Jean Carlo Witte (born 1977), Brazilian football (soccer) player * Jerry Witte (1915–2002), American baseball player * Joe Witte (born 1943), American weatherman * John Witte (1933–1993), American football player * John Witte, Jr. (born 1959), Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Witte Family
The de Witte family is a Belgian noble family originating from the city of Antwerp.↑ Oscar Coomans de Brachène, État présent de la noblesse Belge, Annuaire de 1983, seconde partie, Wi - Zu, Collection "ETAT PRESENT" a. s. b. l., 1983. Historey Originally, it is believed that they were members of the Hanseatic League. The oldest known family ancestor is (1464–1549), who was from Buerstede near Antwerp. A 1544 portrait of him, painted by a student of Hans Holbein the Younger, is exhibited in the ''Rijksmuseum Twenthe'' in Enschede. Some members * alias Adrien de Witte (1464–1549) * alias Jacques-Antoine de Witte (1629–1688) * Jean de Witte (1808–1889) - an archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist * Gaston-François de Witte Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Gaston-François de Witte; see its history for attribution. Gaston-François de Witte (12 June 1897, Antwerp – 1 June 1980, Brussels) was a Belgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald De Witte
Ronald De Witte (born 21 October 1946 in Wilrijk) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1969 :Brussel - Bever :Mere :Grand Prix de Fourmies ;1972 :Omloop van West-Brabant ;1973 :Arendonk :De Panne ;1974 :Gullegem :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 5 ;1975 :Niel :Ruddervoorde :Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen :Zwevegem :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 ;1976 :Bellegem :Rummen :Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ... ;1977 :Voerendaal :Putte-Mechelen : Giro d'Italia: ::6th place overall classification ;1978 : Giro d'Italia: ::6th place overall classification ;1979 :Sint-Gillis-Waas :Ottignies External links * * Belgian male cyclists 1946 births Living people Belgian Tour de France stage winners People from Wilrijk Cyclists from Antwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter De Witte
Peter de Witte, known in Italy as Pietro Candido and in Bavaria as Peter Candid (c. 1548 – 1628) was a Flemish-born Mannerist painter, tapestry designer and draughtsman active in Italy and Bavaria.Peter de Witte (I) at the He was an artist at the court in Florence and at the Bavarian court of Duke William V and his successor |
Peter De Witte III
Peter de Witte (1617, Antwerp, to 1667, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter. Biography According to the Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken, the painter whose name was spelled Peter de Wit was worthy of indexing in Houbraken's ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (''The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters'') (1718), with a snippet of poetry about deWit by Cornelis de Bie that mentioned de Wit's talents as a landscape painter.Het Gulden Cabinet, p 393Peter de Wit of Antwerp mentioned in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by , courtesy of the |
Peter De Witte
Peter de Witte, known in Italy as Pietro Candido and in Bavaria as Peter Candid (c. 1548 – 1628) was a Flemish-born Mannerist painter, tapestry designer and draughtsman active in Italy and Bavaria.Peter de Witte (I) at the He was an artist at the court in Florence and at the Bavarian court of Duke William V and his successor |
Ludo De Witte
Ludo De Witte (born 1956) is a Belgian writer and political activist internationally known for his book ''The assassination of Lumumba'', on the murder of Patrice Lumumba. In his latest work, ''Als de laatste boom geveld is, eten we ons geld wel op: kapitalisme versus de aarde'', De Witte promotes eco-socialism, stating that to save the world from ecocide, it and its people must be freed from the yoke of capitalism. De Witte also advocates a close cooperation between red and green in their mutual anti-capitalistic fight to save the planet from its demise. Works * * * ''Wie is bang voor moslims? Aantekeningen over Dyab Abou Jahjah Dyab Abou Jahjah ( ar, دياب أبو جهجه, born 24 June 1971 in Hanin, Lebanon) is an Arab political activist and writer who was active in Europe between 2001 and 2007. He is the founder and former leader of the Arab European League (AEL) ..., etnocentrisme en islamofobie'' (, 2004) * ''Huurlingen, geheim agenten en diplomaten'' (Van Halewyck, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodewijk De Witte
Lodewijk "Lode" De Witte (; born 12 December 1954 in Zwevegem) is the former governor of the Belgian provinces, Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. After his studies at the law school of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, he remained active as a researcher and became specialised in issues concerning labour law (namely the formal position of foreign employees), which was assigned to him by the European Economic Community. Since 1981, he was involved with the Emile Vandervelde-Institute, where he became a public servant in 1988. Initially, as an attaché for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after subsequently as advisor and adjunct-head of cabinet. In 1994 he was appointed as the commissionary of government and was given the task to prepare the division of the unitary Belgian provinces, Belgian province of Province of Brabant, Brabant. He became the first governor of the newly made Flemish Brabant, which exists alongside the province of Walloon Brabant since 1 January 1995. He re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieven De Witte
Lieven de Witte (ca. 1503 - after 1578, Ghent), known also as Livieno da Anversa, was a painter and architect, who practised at Ghent between 1518 and 1578. He devoted himself to buildings and other perspective subjects, but also produced historical pictures. The windows of the cathedral of St. Bavon in Ghent were painted from his designs, and he is said to have worked at the miniatures in the Grimani Breviary now in the library of St. Mark at Venice. He produced a set of 200 woodcut images that depicted the Life of Christ in terms of a Gospel harmony.Seeing Beyond the Word: Visual Arts and the Calvinist Tradition' by Paul Corby Finney 1999 page 398 Notes ReferencesLieven de Witteat the RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ... database. Attribution: * 1500s b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
