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Loos (surname)
Loos is a Dutch and Low German surname. It can be of toponymic, patronymic or descriptive origin. In the Low Countries, ''Lo''/''Loos'' was a short form of Lodewijk (akin to Louisbr>People with this surname include: Art * Adolf Loos (1870–1933), Austrian architect * Anita Loos (1888–1981), American screen writer and author * Anna Loos (born 1970), German actress and singer * Charles Loos (born 1951), Belgian jazz pianist and composer * Friedrich Loos (1797–1890), Austrian painter, etcher and lithographer * Lina Loos (1882–1950), Austrian actress and writer * Mary Loos (1910–2004), American actress * Theodor Loos (1883–1954), German actor Sports * Dave Loos (born 1947), American basketball coach and athletic director * Eddie Loos (1893–1950), American golfer * Georg Loos (1943–2016), German racing driver * Josef Loos (1888–1955), Czech ice hockey player * Ludo Loos (1955–2019), Belgian road bicycle racer * Michelle Loos, New Zealand footballer * Pete Lo ... [...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] |
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John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Frans Loos from 1848 until 30 March 1863 he was responsible for the modernization of Antwerp in the second half of the 19th century.
He demolished the old Spanish circumvallation of the city, which allowed the city to expand beyond its 16th century limits.
Jan Frans Loos (12 November 1799 – 2 February 1871) was a Belgian liberal politician. As mayor of Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, Sources Jan Frans Loos (GvA) 1799 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Loos
Gerhard Loos (21 August 1916 – 6 March 1944) was a German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he claimed 92 aerial victories, 14 of which were claimed in Defense of the Reich. Born in Kommern within the Sudetenland, Loos served in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany. Following flight training, he served as an instructor before being posted to ''Jagdgeschwader'' 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing) in late 1942, operating on the Eastern Front. He claimed his first aerial victory on 19 February 1943. By late September 1943, his number of aerial victories had increased to 83 and was transferred to the Western Front. Here, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold on 17 October 1943 and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 February 1944. On 21 February, Loos was appointed ''Staffelkapitän'' (squadron leader) of 9. '' Staffel'' (9th squadron) of JG 54. He was killed in action on 6 March 1944 in aerial combat with United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Loos
François Loos (born 24 December 1953) was appointed Minister Delegate for Industry on 2 June 2005, following a term as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade (June 2002 to May 2005). He was Minister Delegate for Higher Education & Research in the first Raffarin government. François Loos is a graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique, the prestigious state-run industrial and engineering school and has an engineering diploma from the Ecole des Mines. He also holds a postgraduate diploma (diplôme d'études approfondies – DEA) in mathematics. After starting his career as an engineer with various firms in France and Germany, François Loos became a technical advisor to Pierre Pflimlin, President of the European Parliament (1984), and subsequently to Hubert Curien, French Minister of Research & Technology (1984–1985). He next joined Rhône Poulenc as Managing Director of the Thann plant, which he ran for two years before being appointed Executive Secretary for Research (1987–1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Loos
Cornelius Loos (1546 – February 3, 1595), also known as Cornelius Losaeus Callidius, was a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and professor of theology. He was the first Catholic official to write publicly against the witch trials raging throughout Europe from the 1580s to the 1590s. For this, he was imprisoned and forced to recant; his work was confiscated and suppressed by church officials. His manuscript was lost for almost 300 years. It was discovered in the Jesuit Library of Trier in 1886 by an American historian, George Lincoln Burr. Life Cornelius Loos was born in 1546 in Gouda. He was from a patrician family and studied Philosophy and Theology at what is today known as the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1574, Loos and his family were forced to leave for political reasons (primarily the capture of the city by Protestant/nationalist rebels during the Dutch Revolt). After he was ordained as a priest, he was awarded a Doctor of Theology degree in 1578 at the University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Loos
Bernhard Loos (born 30 July 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017. Early life and career Loos went through an apprenticeship as a retail salesman after his Abitur from 1976 to 1980 and worked as a salesman at Hertie in Munich. From 1981 Loos studied economics and political science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, successfully graduating in 1987. After his studies Loos was appointed managing director of the Kolping Society in Munich. He is part of the scientific fraternity Palladia, which he reactivated in 1983 after a thirteen-year suspension. Bernhard Loos is Roman Catholic, married and father of two adult sons. He served his military service in the German Air Force. Political career Career in local politics Loos joined the CSU Munich in 1982 and was a member of the executive board of the Junge Union in Bavaria from 1985 to 1986. Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Loos
Walter Loos (11 April 1923 – 27 October 2004) was a former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. During his career, he was credited with 38 aerial victories in 66 missions. World War II In January 1944, Loos was posted to IV. '' Gruppe'' (4th group) of ''Jagdgeschwader'' 3 "Udet" (JG 3—3rd Fighter Wing). At the time, the ''Gruppe'' was commanded by ''Major'' Franz Beyer and was fighting in Defense of the Reich. On 26 February, IV. ''Gruppe'' moved to the airfield at Salzwedel where it remained until 7 June. That day, ''Major'' Friedrich-Karl Müller took command of the ''Gruppe'' after Beyer had been killed in action. Defense of the Reich In IV. ''Gruppe'', Loos was assigned to ''Sturmstaffel'' 1, headed by ''Major'' Hans-Günter von Kornatzki. The ''Sturmstaffel'' was an experimental unit flying the so-called '' Sturmböcke'' (battering ram) up-gunned Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-7 and A-8 aircraft. On 8 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Loos
Valentin Jaroslav "Vilda" Loos (13 April 1895 in Prague, Austria-Hungary – 8 September 1942 in Prague, Bohemia and Moravia) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... He was a member of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team that won the bronze medal in 1920. Four years later he also participated in the first Winter Olympic ice hockey tournament. References External links *Valentin LoosaSports-Reference 1895 births 1942 deaths Czech ice hockey right wingers HC Slavia Praha players Ice hockey people from Prague Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Loos
Ivan Loos (March 23, 1878 – February 23, 1956) was a 5'6 American Major League Baseball pitcher, who had a right hand throw. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ... during the season. References https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loospe01.shtml Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Baseball players from Philadelphia 1878 births 1956 deaths Jacksonville Jays players Savannah Indians players Portsmouth Truckers players Danville Red Sox players Ursinus Bears baseball players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
