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Maurits De Vocht
Maurits is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Maurice. People with the name include: Royalty * Prince Maurice of Nassau, (1567–1625), military leader of the Dutch Republic, son of William I of Orange * Count John Maurice of Nassau, (1604–1679) also known as 'the Brazilian' * Prince Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), second son of King William III * Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (born 1968) Other people * Maurits, pseudonym of Paulus Adrianus Daum (1850–1898), Dutch author * Maurits Allessie (born 1945), Dutch physiologist * Maurits de Baar (born 1997), Dutch footballer * Maurits Basse (1868–1944), Belgian writer and teacher * Maurits Binger (1868–1923), Dutch film director * Maurits van den Boogert (born 1972, Dutch historian of the Ottoman Empire * Maurits Caransa (1916–2009), Dutch real-estate developer and kidnapping victim * Maurits Coppieters (1920–2005), Belgian politician * Maurits Crucq (born 1968), Dutch fiel ... [...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] |
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher (; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for most of his life neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective exhibition was held. In the late twentieth century, he became more widely appreciated, and in the twenty-first century he has been celebrated in exhibitions around the world. His work features mathematical objects and operations including impossible objects, explorations of infinity, reflection, symmetry, perspective, truncated and stellated polyhedra, hyperbolic geometry, and tessellations. Although Escher believed he had no mathematical ability, he interacted with the mathematicians George Pólya, Roger Penrose, Harold Coxeter and crystallographer Friedrich Haag, and conducted his own research into tessellation. Early in his career, he drew inspiration fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Van Rooijen
Maurits van Rooijen FRSA (born 1956) is a Dutch socio-economic historian and geographer. His research has concentrated on green urbanisation and re-interpreting garden city principles. In recent publications he has promoted the concept of the "Global Knowledge City" arguing that in "the 21st century besides the need to blend urbanisation with agriculture and manufacturing (the original garden city mission), global knowledge innovation should be at the core of sustainable urbanisation." In 2013 he was awarded the prize for EAIE Constance Meldrum Award for Vision & Leadership. Since 2012, he has been the CEO & Rector of the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF). Early years Born in Breda, Netherlands in 1956, Maurits van Rooijen attended the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe lyceum (gymnasium beta) and studied at Utrecht University. In parallel to his postgraduate in ''Social and Economic History'' degree, he also did the postgraduate programme in ''Sociology for Built Environment''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Post
Maurits Post (ca. 10 December 1645 – 6 June 1677) was a Dutch Golden Age architect. Biography Post was born in Haarlem, the son of the architect Pieter Post, and was probably his assistant, as he took over his father's projects when he died in 1669, and continued working in the neo-classical style.Maurits Post in the He worked in Siegen, The Hague, Dieren, , Soestdijk, and Zuilenstein. He became the architect for |
Maurits Pasques De Chavonnes
Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes (1654 – 8 September 1724) was governor of the Dutch Cape Colony from 1714 till 1721. Early life Maurits (or Mauritz) Pasques de Chavonnes was born in The Hague and baptized on 23 July 1654 in de Grote Kerk, The Hague. He was the youngest son of Jeanne de Savorningenealogieonline and Pierre Pasques de Chavonnes, whose father, Joachim Pasques, marquis de Chavonnes, fled from after the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572. He married Bathazarina Kien in 1689 and later had two children: Anna Magdalena Pasques de Chavonnes and Pieter Rochus Pasque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Van Nierop
Maurits William Albert van Nierop (11 May 1983 – 24 September 2008) was a Dutch international cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,Maurits van Nierop at CricketArchive he played for the from 2002 until 2006, and had been named in the Dutch winter squad shortly before his death.Maurits van Nierop dies in South Africa by Rod Lyall, 24 September 2008 at CricketEurope Biogra ...
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Maurits Niekerk
Maurits Joseph Niekerk (11 September 1871, Amsterdam – 20 March 1940, Paris) was a Dutch Impressionist painter of Jewish ancestry who spent much of his career in Belgium. Biography From 1887 to 1893, he studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, then spent some time at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie During his studies in Antwerp, he paid a visit to , where he met Valerius de Saedeleer, who introduced him to the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Van Löben Sels
Maurits van Löben Sels (1 May 1876 – 4 October 1944) was a Dutch épée, foil and sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ... event at the 1906 Intercalated Games. References External links * 1876 births 1944 deaths Dutch male épée fencers Olympic fencers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Fencers at the 1906 Intercalated Games Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics People from Meppen Dutch male foil fencers Dutch male sabre fencers 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Lindström
Maurits Lindström (10 May 1932 – 14 November 2009) was a Swedish geologist and paleontologist. Lindströms initial work was divided among two topics conodont paleontology and the structural geology of the Scandinavian Caledonides in Lappland. In 1970, he described the conodont families Cordylodontidae, Gondolellidae, Proconodontidae and Rhipidognathidae. In 1971, he described the conodont genera '' Baltoniodus'', '' Microzarkodina'' and ''Paracordylodus''.Vom Anfang, Hochstand und Ende eines Epikontinentalmeeres. Maurits Lindström, Geologische Rundschau, March 1971, Volume 60, Issue 2, pages 419-438, Lindström published conodont studies up to 1987 after which he only supervised students working with conodonts. In the late 1980s Lindström begun to study ancient impact craters in the Fennoscandian Shield. His studies have confirmed earlier speculations that Tvären and Lockne are craters. Awards and tributes In 1985 he became member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Lammertink
Maurits Lammertink (born 31 August 1990 in Enter, Netherlands) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross team Tormans, in cyclo-cross. In 2016, he won the overall classification of the Tour de Luxembourg ahead of Philippe Gilbert and Alex Kirsch. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. His younger brother Steven Lammertink also competed professionally as a cyclist, until retiring in 2019. Major results ;2011 : 1st Stage 4 Czech Cycling Tour : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 9th Arno Wallaard Memorial ;2012 : 1st Overall Carpathia Couriers Path ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Mountains classification Oberösterreich Rundfahrt : 3rd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 7th Rund um Köln ;2013 : 5th Overall Ster ZLM Toer : 8th Eschborn-Frankfurt – Run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Jonkman
Maurits Maarten Alexander Jonkman (born 20 March 1986), is a Dutch international cricketer who has represented the Netherlands in first-class and One-Day International cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler. His identical twin, Mark Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * F ..., also represents the Netherlands in cricket. References External links * 1986 births Living people Dutch cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Sportspeople from The Hague Dutch twins Identical twins Twin sportspeople {{Netherlands-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Hendriks
Maurits Gijsbreght Hendriks (born 1 January 1961 in Amsterdam) is a field hockey coach from the Netherlands, who himself played as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ... in the 1980s in Enschede. External links www.mauritshendriks.com*Maurits Hendriks on NOC*NSF-site*Article in NRC Handelsblad {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendriks, Maurits 1961 births Living people Dutch field hockey coaches Field hockey players from Amsterdam Spanish Olympic coaches Dutch expatriates in Spain Dutch male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Dutch sports executives and administrators AFC Ajax non-playing staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
