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Lourens may refer to: ;Given name * Lourens Adriaanse, South African rugby player * Lourens Erasmus, South African rugby player * Lourens van der Merwe, South African rugby referee * Lourens Muller, South African politician and cabinet minister * Lourens Baas Becking, Dutch botanist and microbiologist * Lourens Alma Tadema, birth name of Dutch/British painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema ;Surname * Alan Lourens, Australian classical musician, composer, euphonium player and conductor * Fajah Lourens, Dutch actress, model and disc jockey * Werner Lourens, South African rugby union player * Thys Lourens, South African rugby player * Virginia Lourens, Dutch taekwondo practitioner * Junita Kloppers-Lourens, South African politician ;Others * Lourens River Protected Natural Environment, a section of protected land along the Lourens River in Cape Town, South Africa See also * Laurens (other) Laurens may refer to: Places United States * Laurens County, Georgia * Laurens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourens Adriaanse
Lourens Cornelius Adriaanse (born 5 February 1988) is a South African rugby union rugby player who plays as a tighthead prop for in the South African Currie Cup. Career Adriaanse was born in Cape Town and has played in the youth teams. He represented in the Varsity Cup in 2009 and 2010, before moving to the for the 2011 season. His domestic performances saw a quick elevation to the Super Rugby team and he debuted in a match against the in Brisbane. Adriaanse joined the for the start of the 2014 season. He was included in their squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut for the Sharks in a 31–16 victory against the in Durban. Adriaanse joined on a three-year deal prior to the 2017–18 season. International Adriaanse was called up to the squad for the 2013 mid-year rugby union tests against , and , but he didn't play in any of the matches. He finally made his Springbok debut in a test against on 23 November 2013 in Paris Paris () is the capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourens Erasmus
Lourens Jacobus Erasmus (born 14 June 1993) is a South African professional rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is lock. Career Erasmus attended Hoërskool Garsfontein in Pretoria between 2007 and 2011, but never represented the at any high school rugby tournaments. After matriculating in 2011, he made the move to Johannesburg to join the academy prior to the 2012 season. He started in twelve of the side's matches during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring two tries in an 83–3 victory over in their final match of the regular season as the Golden Lions finished in fourth position on the log to qualify for the semi-finals. One of his starts came in the semi-final against , but he could not prevent the side from Cape Town winning the match 24–14. He moved up to Under-21 level in 2013 and played in seven matches for the . He once again finished the regular season by scoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourens Van Der Merwe
Lourens van der Merwe is a rugby referee on the TMO Panel of the South African Rugby Union The South African Rugby Union (SARU) is the governing body for rugby union in South Africa and is affiliated to World Rugby. It was established in 1992 as the South African Rugby Football Union, from the merger of the South African Rugby Board a .... References * Living people South African rugby union referees Super Rugby referees Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourens Muller
Stefanus Lourens Muller (1917–2005) was a South African politician and cabinet minister. Biography Lourens Muller was born in Beaufort West in the Cape Province in 1917. Muller worked for South African Railways before studying law and practicing as a lawyer in Robertson. He was married to the soprano singer Hanlie van Niekerk, but divorced soon afterwards. In 1961, he was elected to parliament as the National Party candidate in the constituency of Ceres. Muller initially worked under the Justice ministry, then held several ministerial posts under prime minister John Vorster with whom he had developed a close political alliance. Under the Voster and Botha governments, Muller held the ministries of Police, Economic Affairs, Home Affairs and Transport. After Vorster's resignation as State President in the aftermath of the information scandal, Muller was widely considered the favourite to succeed him. The position instead went to Marais Viljoen. Muller was dismissed from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourens Baas Becking
Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking (4 January 1895 in Deventer – 6 January 1963 in Canberra, Australia) was a Dutch botanist and microbiologist. He is known for the Baas Becking hypothesis, which he originally formulated as ''"Everything is everywhere, but the environment selects"''. Biography Baas Becking was born in Deventer on 4 January 1895. Baas Becking studied microbiology at Delft University before studying biology at Utrecht University with a focus on botany. de Wit and Bouvier (2006) p. 756 In between completing his studies in Utrecht and submitting his thesis, Baas Becking worked in the laboratory of Thomas Hunt Morgan in the United States. In 1923, Baas Becking accepted the position of professor at Stanford, where he taught economic botany and plant physiology. Baas Becking's studies at Stanford heavily influenced his later work by introducing him to research on extremophiles, research he conducted himself as the director of the Jacques Loeb Marine Laboratory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (; born Lourens Alma Tadema ; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky. Alma-Tadema was considered one of the most popular Victorian painters. Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century British art. Biography Early life Lourens Alma Tadema was born on 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Lourens
Alan Lourens (born 1966) is a classical musician, composer, euphonium player and conductor from Perth, Western Australia. He is the head of the UWA Conservatorium of Music. Biography Lourens was born in Perth, Western Australia, and attended Scarborough Senior High School, where he won the prize for music in his graduating year. After completing a degree in Music Education at the Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Lourens taught brass and classroom music in public schools, based at Kelmscott Senior High School, and including conducting and teaching brass at Churchlands Senior High School and Perth Modern School. He returned to study at Indiana University, earning a Masters Degree in music (in Euphonium Performance) in 1992, and a Doctorate (in Wind Conducting) in 1999, working as an Associate Instructor to Harvey Phillips and in the IU department of bands, working with the Marching Hundred. At Indiana, he studied Euphonium with M.Dee Stewart and Daniel Peran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fajah Lourens
Fajah Hanna Nicole Lourens (born July 3, 1981) is a Dutch actress, model and disc jockey. Career She played the role of Yasmin Fuentes in the Dutch soap opera ''Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden'' for three seasons (2002–2005). Lourens had her film debut in ''Stiletto's'' (2011) and had a role in '' Amsterdam Heavy'' (2011). She participated in '' So You Wanna Be a Popstar'' (2007), finishing tenth. Lourens was a participant in the third season of the Dutch version of ''71 Degrees North'', but the show was cancelled when host Ernst-Paul Hasselbach died during shooting. Currently, Fajah Lourens competes in ''Expeditie Robinson ''Expeditie Robinson'' is a popular reality television program in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) that debuted in 2000 and based on a format first shown by Swedish television in 1997. The format, most notable under the title '' Survivor'', h ...''. Lourens began deejaying in 2011, playing at clubs including Jimmy Woo, Panama, Beachclub Vroeger, Esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Lourens
Werner Lourens (born 26 June 1990) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing with the . His regular position is lock. Career Youth and Varsity Rugby Lourens joined the academy and was a member of the squad that participated in the 2009 Under-19 Provincial Championship. Since 2010, he played club rugby for the Tshwane University of Technology's rugby team, the . He made five appearances for them during the 2010 Varsity Cup competition and also participated in the Carlton League. In 2012, he was a member of the ' wider training group, but (despite interest from the Welkom-based outfit to sign him permanently) decided to play in the 2013 Varsity Shield instead, where he started six matches for TUT, scoring one try against . Griffons He did eventually join the for 2014 and was included in their squad for the 2014 Vodacom Cup. He made his first class debut for the Griffons in their match against in Kimberley, ending on the losing side of a 20–12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thys Lourens
Matthys Johannes 'Thys' Lourens (born 15 May 1943) is a former South African rugby union Rugby player. Playing career Lourens played 168 first class provincial matches for Northern Transvaal, 91 of which were in the Currie Cup competition. He captained the team on 84 occasions and scored 63 tries. Only Louis Moolman (171), Naas Botha (179) and Burger Geldenhuys (184) have played in more matches than Lourens. His usual position was as a flanker, where he also played for the national team, the Springboks.http://thebulls.co.za/the-team/player-of-the-week/thys-lourens.html He represented South Africa thrice, the first on 22 June 1968, when he played at flanker in a match against the British & Irish Lions at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth, which resulted in a six-all draw. He played in the subsequent test at Newlands in which he scored a try in the 11–6 win. He earned a third cap in the third match of the test series, at Ellis Park, which the Springboks won 19–6. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Lourens
Virginia Lourens (born 23 February 1975) is a Dutch taekwondo practitioner, born in Eindhoven. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain .... References External links * 1975 births Living people Dutch female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the Netherlands Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Netherlands-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junita Kloppers-Lourens
Junita Carolina Kloppers-Lourens (born in Vanderbijlpark) is a South African politician and former educationist, a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance (DA). She served as the Shadow Minister of Science & Technology from 2012 to 2014. She studied history and law, and is a registered Insolvency Practitioner. Introduction Dr. Kloppers-Lourens joined the DA in 2005 and was elected to parliament in April 2009. She has served as Shadow Minister of both Basic Education and later Higher Education and Training before taking up the position as the DA Shadow Minister of Science & Technology. Education Kloppers-Lourens was born in Vanderbijlpark, Guateng, South Africa. She started her schooling career at Laerskool Totius and completed her matric at the Vanderbijlparkse Hoërskool. She obtained a BA, HOD and Honours degree in History at the University of Pretoria (UP), a MEd and DEd n curriculum scienceat Rand Afrikaans University (Now University of Johannesburg), an LL.B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
