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Evert Gorter
Evert is a Dutch and Swedish short form of the Germanic masculine name "Everhard" (alternative Eberhard). at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands. It is also used as surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * (1602–1657), Dutch still life painter * (1772–1809), Norwegian naval officer * Ever ...[...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] |
Evert Jan Boks
Evert Jan Boks (18 April 1838 – 14 June 1914) was a Dutch painter. Evert-Jan Boks was a pupil of Arie Lieman and Willem Riem Vis in Apeldoorn. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, where he won a first prize in 1863. Later on, he also won the Prix de Rome. After study tours, mainly in France and Italy, he permanently settled in Antwerp, and married Elie Voet. Their house which they inhabited life-long in Antwerp, still exists in the rue Lamorinière. Many of his works went to the United States at a time when the first American tourists began to visit Europe in large numbers in tours organised by the steamship companies. He took an active part in artistic and social life in Antwerp. Boks frequently exhibited in Belgium and at the Paris Salons. He was awarded the Order of Leopold by the Belgian Government. Boks was a sincere, a good draughtsman and a colourist of great merit, who was a credit to the Royal Academy of Antwerp where he was one of the most outstandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Hingst
Evert Constantijn Hingst (22 March 1969 – 31 October 2005) was a Dutch lawyer. He was murdered in Amsterdam, one day before he would talk to various media about the various investigations the Dutch Department of Justice was conducting after him. Among Hingst's clients were many noted criminals, including Sam Klepper and John Mieremet, who was once shot in front of Hingst's office. After this assault, Mieremet has claimed that Hingst had tried to set him up and promised revenge. Mieremet was murdered several days later, on 2 November, in Thailand. Both he and Hingst were suspected of involvement in the extortion and subsequent murder of real estate magnate Willem Endstra. Born in Utrecht, Hingst was imprisoned for several weeks when, during a raid of his office in 2005, the police discovered three firearms and a large sum of cash. A suspect of money laundering, membership of a criminal organization and possession of firearms, Hingst gave up his profession as a lawyer in July, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Gunnarsson
Sven Evert Gunnarsson (28 December 1929 – 30 November 2022) was a Swedish rower. In his early career he competed in the coxless pair A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right h .... Together with Bernt Torberntsson he won the 1949 European Championships, but had no success at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He then changed to coxed fours and eights and won three silver medals at the 1955 European Championships and 1956 Olympics. References 1929 births 2022 deaths Swedish male rowers Olympic rowers of Sweden Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists People from U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Groenewald
Rear Admiral Evert Groenewald is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of Naval Operations before his retirement in 1999. He joined the Navy in 1963 at the South African Naval College and later obtained a BMil (BSc) at the South African Military Academy The South African Military Academy is based on similar principles to that of the military academy system of the United States (United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy). The academy is a military ... He commanded the submarines and SA Navy museum He served as Chief of Naval Staff Intelligence as a Commodore and on 1 May 1996 was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Operations. He retired in 1999 and the post of Chief of Naval Operations was re-organised into Flag Officer Fleet during a Navy restructuring. References South African admirals Living people Submarine commanders Year of birth missing (living people) {{South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Grift
Evert Grift (21 May 1922 – 27 March 2009) was a Dutch cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 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 * 1922 births 2009 deaths Dutch male cyclists Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) Cyclists from Utrecht (province) {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Geradts
Evert Geradts (born 9 June 1943, The Hague) is a Dutch cartoonist and former underground comics artist. He later became a prolific Disney comics writer and artist too. He is the winner with Leny Zwalve of the 1977 Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the ''Stripschap'', the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is considered the most import .... References 1943 births Living people Dutch cartoonists Dutch comics artists Dutch comics writers Disney comics artists Disney comics writers Underground cartoonists Artists from The Hague Winners of the Stripschapsprijs {{cartoonist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Endt
Evert Endt is a French designer. Early life Evert Endt was born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, in 1933. He grew up in Switzerland and studied in Zurich at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Career In 1958, Endt started his career in the Compagnie de L'Esthétique Industrielle (CEI) by Raymond Loewy, a design agency based in Paris. He later became the Artistic Director and in 1968 the Director of the CEI, which is responsible for numerous programs of global design such as BP ( British Petroleum), Royal Dutch Shell, Coop, and Elna Lotus (Permanent Collection of the Museum of Modern Art New York) and Rivella, Motta. In 1974, he received French nationality. The following year, he set up Endt+Fulton Partners with American designer James F. Fulton. Since 1992 the agency participated in social programs focused on the environment. He works for various cultural and industrial bodies, under the Ministries of Health, Culture and French Justice. He created exhibitions for the Centre Georges Pompidou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Eloranta
Frans Evert Eloranta (10 October 1879 – 1936) was a Finnish politician and a Member of the Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in 1908–1918. During the Finnish Civil War, Eloranta served as the Minister of Agriculture of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. In March 1918, he was elected the commander-in-chief of the Red Guards as a member of the triumvirate with Eino Rahja and Adolf Taimi. After the war, Eloranta fled to the Soviet Russia, where he allegedly died in 1936. Life Early years Frans Evert Eloranta was born in Harjavalta, Satakunta province, as a son of a poor tenant farmer Johan Erland Erlandsson (b. 1852) and Eva Christina Fransdotter (b. 1854). The family lived in several places, finally settling in 1894 in Mynämäki, Finland Proper province. Eloranta worked from the early age and went to a school for only a year. He had jobs as a farm worker, construction worker, stonemason and a lumberjack. Eloranta also had a croft of his own in Karjala, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Dudok
Evert Dudok (born February 23, 1959 in Venlo, Netherlands) has been the President of EADS Astrium Satellites since June 2007. Prior to this date he was president of EADS Astrium Space Transportation since June 2005. Before that he was Head of Earth Observation & Science division at EADS Astrium since March 2002. Evert Dudok started his career with DASA in Ottobrunn Ottobrunn () is a municipality southeast of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1955. Ottobrunn consists of mainly semi-detached and detached houses, as well as extensive garden areas. Ottobrunn is also the German Headquarters of Airbus Defense ... in 1984, where he worked many years for "Payload Antennas" activities. Since the beginning of Astrium, he was Head of the Business Unit “Navigation and constellations” in the Business Division “Telecommunication & Navigation”. References 1959 births Living people Dutch businesspeople Dutch engineers People from Venlo {{Netherlands-business-bio-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Dolman
Evert "Eef" Gerardus Dolman (22 February 1946 – 12 May 1993) was a Dutch racing cyclist, who won the gold medal in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, alongside Gerben Karstens, Bart Zoet, and Jan Pieterse. His sporting career began with Apollo Rotterdam. He became Dutch champion in 1967 and 1968, but was later stripped of his 1967 title because of doping. He said in an interview with the Dutch magazine Wielerrevue that his racing career had been undermined by drug-taking and what he described as the witch-hunt conducted in the first years of drug-testing in the 1960s. Palmarès ;1964 : Olympic title team time trial ;1965 :Ronde van Noord-Holland : Ronde van Limburg ;1966 : World amateur road race champion :Ronde van Gelderland :Tour de Namur ;1967 :Stage 6 of Vuelta a España ;1968 :Goirle : Dutch National Road Race Championship :Ulestraten ;1969 :1st stage of Tour de Luxembourg :Mijl van Mares :Monaco ;1970 :Kortenhoef ;1971 :Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evert Collier
Evert Collier (26 January 1642 – few days before 8 September 1708) was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter known for vanitas and ''trompe-l'œil'' paintings. His first name is sometimes spelled "Edward" or "Edwaert" or "Eduwaert" or "Edwart," and his last name is sometimes spelled "Colyer" or "Kollier". Life Collier was baptized Evert Calier in Breda, North Brabant.Edwaert Collier in the He was trained in , where his earliest paintings show the influence of |
