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Jaap (given Name)
Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include: Academics *Jaap R. Bruijn (born 1938), Dutch maritime historian * Jaap Doek (born 1942), Dutch jurist * Jaap van Ginneken (born 1943), Dutch psychologist and communication scholar * Jaap Goudsmit (born 1951), Dutch HIV/AIDS researcher * (born 1925), Dutch archaeologist *Jaap van den Herik (born 1947), Dutch computer scientist * Jaap van der Hoeden (1891–1968), Dutch and Israeli veterinary research scientist * (1917–2010), Dutch nuclear physicist * Jaap Korevaar (born 1923), Dutch mathematician * Jaap Kruithof (1929–2009), Belgian philosopher and writer *Jaap Kunst (1891–1960), Dutch ethnomusicologist *Jaap Mansfeld (born 1936), Dutch philosopher and historian * Jaap Murre (born 1929), Dutch mathematician * Jaap van Praag (1911–1981), Dutch humanist *Jaap Schekkerman (born 1953), Dutch computer scientist * (born 1959), Dutch paleontologist * Jaap van de ... [...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] |
Jaap Schekkerman
Jaap Schekkerman (born 1953) is a Dutch computer scientist and founder of the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD) in the Netherlands. He is particularly known for his 2003 book ''How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture'' in which he compared 14 Enterprise Architecture Frameworks. Biography Schekkerman received a degree in clinical chemistry from the Bakhuis Roozeboom Instituut in Beverwijk in 1973, and his Engineer's degree in electronic engineering from the HTS Amsterdam in 1979. Further on he received a certificates in information technology from AMBI in 1984, and a certificates in business economics from the Open University in the Netherlands in 1988.Jaap Schekkerman biography at ''enterprise-architecture.info''. Accessed 7 July 2013 Schekkerm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Gestman Geradts
Jacob (or Jaap) Gestman Geradts (born 9 December 1951, The Hague) is a Dutch pin up artist painter. Biography Geradts studied electronics at the Delft Technical University where he received his master's degree in 1977. He then became a professor on measurement and control systems as well as navigation and communication equipment from 1977 to 1987. He published hundreds of articles and several technical books. In the late 1980s, just before moving to the south of France, he began drawing pin ups. First influenced by Alphonse Mucha, he soon modified his style in the way of the great pin up artists of the 1950s and 1960s, like Alberto Vargas, Aslan and George Petty. Unlike many other artists, Geradts uses color pencil instead of airbrush and instead of canvas or paper he uses sheets of satinised polypropylene Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Flier
Jaap Flier (27 February 1934 – 18 March 2022) was a Dutch dancer and choreographer. Life and career Flier was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands, and studied with Sonia Gaskell. He made his debut as a dancer in 1950 with Ballet Recital and then took a dance position with Netherlands Ballet. He made his debut as choreographer with ''The Trial'' in 1955. He also appeared as a dancer in the film ''Karneval'' in 1961. Flier was a founding member of Netherlands Dance Theatre in 1959 and worked as one of its principal dancers. He served as director of the Australian Dance Theatre Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), known as Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre from 1993 to 1999, is a contemporary dance company based in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman . The ADT was the first moder ... from 1973 to 1975 and director of the Dance Company (NSW) in Sydney from 1975 to 1976. He then returned to the Netherlands where he worked teaching dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Eggermont
Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eggermont (born 31 October 1946, The Hague) is a Dutch record producer, best known for his Stars on 45 project. Eggermont's first job in the musical profession was from 1965 until 1969 as the drummer of the band Golden Earrings. After leaving that band, which soon changed its name to Golden Earring, Eggermont became a record producer. He worked with such acts as Sandy Coast, Earth and Fire and Livin' Blues. The greatest success he had was in the early 1980s, with his project Stars on 45 Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was successful in Europe, the United States, and Australia in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the UK and Ireland it was known as Starsound (aka .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Eggermont, Jaap 1946 births Living people Dutch drummers Male drummers Dutch record producers Musicians from The Hague Golden Earring members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Drupsteen
Jaap Drupsteen (born 1942 in Hasselt (Overijssel)) is a Dutch graphic designer. Drupsteen worked as a graphic designer for NOS and VPRO; he specialized in making leaders, music videos, and other video and television productions. His best known work are his designs for a series of banknotes for De Nederlandsche Bank. In 1999, Drupsteen was assigned by the Dutch government to design a new passport. He also designed several stamps for PTT. Recently, he designed the exterior of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversumbr>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/arts/design/26visi.html] List of banknotes Prizes * Nipkow Schijf (1976) * Werkman Design Award (1980) * Sikkens Award (1981) * Prix Italia The Prix Italia is an international Television, Radio-broadcasting and Web award. It was established in 1948 by RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana (in 1948, RAI had the denomination RAI – Radio Audizioni Italiane) in Capri and is honoured with the ... (1987) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Blonk
Jaap Blonk (born 1953, Woerden) is a Dutch avant-garde composer and performance artist. Blonk is primarily self-taught both as a sound artist and as a visual/stage performer.Jaap Blonkat Allmusic He studied physics, mathematics, and musicology for a time, but did not complete his studies.Jaap Blonk Cut and Splice 2005. One of his early influences was , whose ''Ursonate'' he first heard in 1979; he memorized the entire work, and it became one of the cornerstones of his repertory; he has recited portions of the piece hundreds of times in various public places. His compositions an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Berghuis
Jakob Albertus Victor (Jaap) Berghuis, (15 August 1945 – 29 July 2005) was a Dutch artist. Born in the town of Smilde, Drenthe Province, in the Netherlands, Berghuis graduated cum laude in interior design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, followed by a degree in painting at the Ateliers '63 (now De Ateliers) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. From 1969 to 1989 Berghuis exhibited with the renowned Art & Project Gallery in Amsterdam, with two exhibitions in 1974 and one in 1980. Further exhibitions include: * the Atelier 11, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1973); * Fundamental Painting, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1975); * the 9th Biennale de Paris
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Jaap Bakema
Jacob Berend "Jaap" Bakema (8 March 1914 – 20 February 1981) was a Dutch modernist architect, notable for design of public housing and involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Second World War. Born in Groningen (city), Groningen, Bakema studied at the Groningen Higher Technical College (1931–1936) and the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, where he studied among others with Mart Stam. In 1946 he began attending meetings of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, became its Secretary in 1955, and was a core member of its offshoot Team 10. From 1948 onward, Bakema worked with Jo van den Broek in the architectural firm Van den Broek and Bakema. They collaborated to design landmarks and neighborhoods in Rotterdam and around the Netherlands, and participated in the 1957 Interbau project in Berlin. In 1964 Bakema became a professor at Delft University of Technology, and in 1965 became a professor at Staatliche Hochschule in Hamburg. References Jaap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap De Zwaan
Jaap de Zwaan (born 1949 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. Since 1998, he is Professor of the Law of the European Union at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He was Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael from 2005 to 2011. From 1979 to 1998, he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He acted as Agent for the Dutch Government in numerous cases before the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg. He was involved in the negotiations on and the drafting of several European treaties, such as the Treaties of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, the European Single Act and the Treaty of Amsterdam. He received a law degree from Leiden University in 1972 and attended the College of Europe in Bruges 1972–1973. In 1993 he received a doctorate in law from Groningen University The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap De Wilde
Jacobus Hubertus "Jaap" de Wilde (born 17 May 1957) is a Dutch academic. A native of Zuidlaren, he is a Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Groningen since 2007. He headed the department of International Relations between 2008 and 2012. From 2001 to 2007 he was professor in European Security Studies at the Department of Political Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, and from 1995–2007 he was senior research fellow in European Studies and IR Theory at the Centre for European Studies (CES), University of Twente The University of Twente (Dutch: ''Universiteit Twente''; , abbr. ) is a public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. I .... From 1993–1995 he worked at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI). Works * Monica den Boer and Jaap de Wilde, Eds. (2008), ''The Viability of Human Security'', Amsterd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Wessels
Jacobus (Jaap) Wessels (19 January 1939 – 30 July 2009) was a Dutch mathematician and Professor of Stochastic Operations Research at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Jo van Nunen and Jaap van der Wal. "Jaap Wessels–his life with stochastic processes." Statistica Neerlandica 54.2 (2000): 116-126. known for his contributions in the field of Markov decision processes.In memoriam prof.dr. Jaap Wessels in: ''Cursor/I'' week 37, 2009. Accessed September 18, 2010. Biography Born in , Wessels started to study Mathematics and Physics at the |
