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Hermans
Hermans is a Dutch patronymic surname, cognate with German Hermann and and the Scandinavian Hermansen. It is the 14th most common name in Belgium, with 12,794 people named Hermans in 2008. In the Netherlands, 10,641 people carried the name in 2007. at the Database of Dutch surnames People * Alex Hermans, Belgian Paralympian shot putter * (b. 1986), Belgian bicyclist * Baldur Hermans, (1936–2015) German historian & scout * |
Willem Frederik Hermans
Willem Frederik Hermans (1 September 1921 – 27 April 1995) was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are ''The House of Refuge'' (novella, 1952), '' The Darkroom of Damocles'' (novel, 1958), and ''Beyond Sleep'' (novel, 1966). After World War II, Hermans tried to live off his writing exclusively, but as his country was recovering from the Occupation, he had no opportunity to sustain himself. He published three collections of short stories from 1948 to 1957, chief among them the novella ''The House of Refuge'' (1952), and in 1958 became lecturer in physical geography at Groningen University, a position he retained until his move to Paris, France, in 1973. The same year 1958 he broke to a wide audience with ''The Darkroom of Damocles''. In the seventies, Hermans played an important role in the unmasking of Friedrich Weinreb as a cheater of Jews in the war. Hermans refused to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hermans
Charles Hermans (7 August 1839 – 7 December 1924) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, portraits, landscapes and some still lifes.Charles Hermans at the Through a number of his monumental genre paintings he played an important role in the recognition of in Belgian art.Denis Laoureux (ed.), ''En nature La Société libre des Beaux-Arts D’Artan à Whistler'', Musée Félicien Rops, 2013, p. 14 Life Hermans was born in |
Hubert Hermans
Hubert J.M. Hermans (born October 9, 1937) is a Dutch psychologist and Emeritus Professor at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, internationally known as the creator of dialogical self theory. Biography Hermans was born as son of a baker family in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He studied psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he became staff member at the psychological laboratory of the same university in 1965. In 1973 he became associate professor of psychology at the University of Nijmegen and in 1980 full professor at the same university. From 2002 till 2018 he was president of the ''International Society for Dialogical Science'' (ISDS) and since 2019 he is editor of the section Dialogical Self Theory of Journal of Constructivist Psychology. For his merits for the Dutch society, he was appointed as Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Knight in the Society of the Netherlands Lion) in 2002. His 2006 Dutch book ''Dialoog en Misverstand'' (Dialogue and Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Hermans
Edwin Hermans (born 23 May 1974) is a Dutch former footballer, who played as a left-back. After his playing career, he moved to coaching. Early life Hermans was born in Goirle. He started playing football with amateur club RKTVV from Tilburg. At the age of 17, he was scouted by PSV, where he played for the youth team. His first coach at PSV was Huub Stevens, whom he credits with creating an "undefeatable mentality" in him. Club career PSV and loans Hermans never played a match for PSV's first team. Instead, he made his debut in professional football for Eerste Divisie club Eindhoven in the 1993–94 season, on loan from PSV. The following season, he was loaned to Eredivisie side FC Volendam. MVV In 1995, he moved to Eerste Divisie club MVV, where he became a regular at left back. In his second season, Hermans helped MVV win the title and promotion to the Eredivisie. Fortuna Sittard In the summer of 1997, Hermans moved to Fortuna Sittard, where he would be a regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loek Hermans
Louis Marie Lucien Henri Alphonse "Loek" Hermans (born 23 April 1951) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. Biography Hermans attended a Gymnasium in Kerkrade from April 1964 until May 1970 and applied at the Radboud University Nijmegen in June 1970 majoring in Public administration obtaining an Bachelor of Public Administration degree in July 1972 before graduating with an Master of Public Administration degree in July 1976. Hermans worked as a civics teacher in Arnhem from August 1972 until July 1976. Hermans served on the Municipal Council of Nijmegen from 3 September 1974 until 5 September 1978. Hermans was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1977, taking office on 8 June 1977 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Civil service and Public administration. In September 1990 Hermans was nominated as Mayor of Zwolle, he was installed as Mayor on 16 September 1990 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femke Hermans
Femke Hermans is a Belgian professional boxer. She held the WBO female super-middleweight title in 2018, becoming the second Belgian woman to hold a major world championship, and also challenged for the WBA female super-middleweight title and unified WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles in 2018. Professional career Hermans made her professional debut on 23 January 2016, scoring a six-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Galina Gyumliyska at the Sportloods Waarborre in Asse, Belgium. After a technical knockout (TKO) victory against Vladislava Lopuhova in June, Hermans defeated Elene Sikmashvili via second-round knockout (KO) on 8 October, capturing the inaugural Belgian and vacant BeNeLux female super-middleweight titles in Middelkerke, Belgium. In her next fight she faced Borislava Goranova for the WBF International female super-middleweight title on 21 January 2017, at the Sportloods Waarborre. Hermans captured the title via eight-round UD, with two judges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermansen
Hermansen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chad Hermansen (born 1977), former Major League Baseball outfielder * Chris Hermansen (born 1975), retired Danish football player *Edith Hermansen (1907–1988), Danish film actress * Even Helte Hermansen (born 1982), Norwegian guitarist * Henry Hermansen (born 1921), Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1950s * Ole Hermansen (1893–1942), Norwegian trade unionist * Omar Hermansen (born 1913), Danish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Robert Hermansen, Norwegian former CEO of Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani * Tor Erik Hermansen of Stargate (record producers), based in Los Angeles * Tormod Hermansen (born 1940), former CEO of Telenor and State Secretary of Finansdepartementet (1978–1979) See also * Murder of Benjamin Hermansen (1985–2001), Norwegian-Ghanaian boy whose father was born in Ghana, his mother was Norwegian * Hermansen Island (Norwegian: Hermansenøya), an island in Osca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toon Hermans
Antoine Gerard Theodore "Toon" Hermans (17 December 1916 – 22 April 2000) was a noted Dutch comedian, singer and writer. Toon Hermans was born in Sittard. He began performing in the 1930s, achieving local, regional and, eventually, national fame in the Netherlands as a comedian during the post-war decades. Together with Wim Sonneveld and Wim Kan Wim Kan, Dutch wikipedia he was considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch cabaret during the 1950s and 1960s. While Sonneveld became known for more serious, more searching kinds of cabaret as well as expansion into other areas of amusement such as musicals, and while Kan focused more and more on purely political satire, Toon Hermans remained true to his one lifetime love: simple home-grown humor, the ability to make people laugh. His humor was of a disarmingly genuine kind. His one-man shows usually consisted of stories he would tell, often based on the life of his youth in a small town in Limburg, with a typical panoply of fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward Hermans
Cornelius Eduardus Hermans (6 February 1897 – 23 November 1992) was a Belgium, Belgian Flemish Movement, Flemish nationalist politician and writer. Hermans saw service with the Belgian Army during the First World War before becoming involved in politics as a member of the nationalist ''Frontpartij''.Philip Rees, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', 1990, p. 179 As punishment for his activities in the Flemish movement he was sent to a penal military unit: the infamous ''woodchopping platoon of the Orne'' (Peloton Spécial Forestier) located in Orne, Normandy in July 1918. After World War I he served the Frontparij in the Belgian parliament from 1929 to 1932. He quit the ''Frontpartij'' in 1933 to join Verdinaso and soon became known for his pro-Nazi Germany stance in journals such as ''De Schelde'', ''Volk en Staat'' and ''Strijd''. His membership came to an end the following year when he argued with Joris van Severen and so left the group to join the Fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hermans
Ben Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with . Hermans left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the for the 2014 season. In April 2015, he won the Belgian classic Brabantse Pijl with a late attack and resisted to the return of the peloton by a few seconds to cross the line solo. A couple of weeks later, he went on to win the third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire in solo fashion, attacking the leading group with twelve kilometers remaining. He also finished sixth overall in the race. In 2017 he won the Tour of Oman. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2004 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 3rd Overall Giro della Lunigiana : 7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2006 : 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard : 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Hermans
Johan Hermans (born 1956) is a British botanist specialising in orchids, and an Honorary Research Associate of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 .... His ''The Orchids of Madagascar'', described as "a now classic work", was published in a second edition in 2007. The species '' Gastrodia agnicellus'', which he described in 2020, has been called "the ugliest orchid in the world" and named by Kew as one of the "Top 10 species new to science in 2020". Selected publications * References 1956 births Living people 21st-century British botanists Botanists active in Kew Gardens Botanists active in Africa {{UK-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldur Hermans
Dr. Baldur Hendrik Hermans ( Essen-Borbeck 1938-November 16, 2015) was a German historian and a Catholic theologian. He was Secretary General of the International Catholic Conference of Scouting, and served as the International Commissioner of the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände, as well as the International Commissioner of the German Catholic Scouting Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG). Hermans began his university studies in Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in 1961, and subsequently obtained a doctorate in history. He joined the UNITAS Catholic Students Association at the beginning of his studies. In 1970 he became director of the Episcopal Youth Office in the diocese of Essen, in 1989 he was head of the social functions and international relations department of the diocese, retiring in 2004. A member of DPSG since 1949, between 1985 and 2004 he was the international commissioner, representing the association in Europe and around the world. He play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
