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Pels may refer to: People * Andries Pels (1655–1731), a Dutch banker and insurer * Gerrit Pels (1893–1966), a Dutch astronomer ** 1667 Pels, a main-belt asteroid * Jessica Pels (born 1986), American magazine editor * Pels Rijcken Gerhard Christiaan Coenraad (Gerrit) Pels Rijcken (10 January 1810 – 2 May 1889) was a career officer of the Royal Dutch Navy and a politician. As an officer, Pels Rijcken reached the rank of Vice-Admiral. He was Dutch Navy Minister from 1866 ... (1810–1889), a Royal Dutch Navy officer and politician Other uses * New Orleans Pelicans, or "Pels", an American baseball team See also * * Pel (other) * PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, an award for playwrights {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Pels
Andries Pels (2 September 1655, in Amsterdam – 8 February 1731) was a rich Dutch banker and insurer from Amsterdam. He was the banker of France in the era of John Law. He was nephew of his namesake, poet Andries Pels, and cousin to the colonial governor Paulus van der Veen. In 1742 his widow, Angenita Pels-Bouwens (1660–1749), was the richest woman in Amsterdam, living at the Golden Bend. Pels formed the partnership Andries Pels & Soonen, dealing in luxury goods, insurance, and currency, in 1707 that lasted until 1774. Both his sons died in 1741. His daughter Johanna Sara Pels married Jan Bernd Bicker in 1720. Their sons Henric en Jan Bernd Bicker managed the bank from 1750. In 1767 Jan Bernd Bicker Jan Bernd Bicker (27 August 1746, Amsterdam – 16 December 1812, Wassenaar) was a Dutch merchant, politician and a member of the very powerful Bicker family. Life After studying law and philosophy in Utrecht, he joined the bank ''Andries Pe ... started to work as an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit Pels
Gerrit Pels (1893, Woerden – 1966, Leiden?) was a Dutch astronomer, a lifelong member of the scientific staff of the Leiden Observatory. After following secondary school in Utrecht (city), Utrecht, he was appointed "computer" at the Leiden observatory in 1919. Starting circa 1924, he studied Jupiter's Galilean satellites, minor planets, comets, and the proper motions of faint stars, in particular members of the Hyades (star cluster), Hyades cluster. He computed orbital characteristics for many of the minor planets discovered by Hendrik van Gent. Much of his work he did in collaboration with his wife, Helena Kluyver (1909-2001). at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy website She, together with Jan Oort, published their work on the Hyades clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1667 Pels
Events January–March * January 11 – Aurangzeb, monarch of the Mughal Empire, orders the removal of Rao Karan Singh as Maharaja of the Bikaner State (part of the modern-day Rajasthan state of India) because of Karan's dereliction of duty in battle. * January 19 – The town of Anzonico in Switzerland is destroyed by an avalanche. * January 27 – The 2,000 seat Opernhaus am Taschenberg, a theater in Dresden (capital of the Electorate of Saxony) opens with its first production, Pietro Ziani's opera ''Il teseo''. * February 5 – In the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English Royal Navy warship HMS ''Saint Patrick'' is captured less than nine months after being launched, when it fights a battle off the coast of England and North Foreland, Kent. Captain Robert Saunders and 8 of his crew are killed while fighting the Dutch ships ''Delft'' and ''Shakerlo''. The Dutch Navy renames the ship the ''Zwanenburg''. * February 6 (January 27 O.S.) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pels
Jessica Pels (born September 6, 1986) is an American editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine. Prior to her time at ''Cosmopolitan'', Pels held editorial positions at ''The New Yorker'', ''Vogue'', '' Glamour'' and '' Teen Vogue''. She served as digital director for '' Marie Claire'' magazine from November 2014 until January 2018, when she became digital director of ''Cosmopolitan''. In October 2018, Pels was named editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'', becoming the youngest person in the history of the magazine to hold the position at the age of 32. Early life and background Pels grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. She first moved to New York City at the age of 14 to study ballet at the American Ballet Theatre. Pels earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film production at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Career Early editing career After graduating, Pels interned at ''The New Yorker'' and then ''Vogue''. She later began working as an editorial assistant at Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pels Rijcken
Gerhard Christiaan Coenraad (Gerrit) Pels Rijcken (10 January 1810 – 2 May 1889) was a career officer of the Royal Dutch Navy and a politician. As an officer, Pels Rijcken reached the rank of Vice-Admiral. He was Dutch Navy Minister from 1866 to 1868. Biography Pels Rijcken was born in Princenhage, Netherlands, where his father was sheriff as well as an alderman of nearby Breda. His brother later became mayor of Arnhem (1874-1844). He entered the Royal Dutch Navy, becoming a midshipman in 1826, and rose through the ranks by serving on several vessels. He became a lieutenant, 2nd class in April 1831 and was promoted to lieutenant, 1st class in December 1845. He served as a training officer at the KIM (Royal Naval Institute) in Medemblik from 1847. From 1855 to 1857, Pels Rijcken was assigned as commandant of the Nagasaki Naval Training Center, teaching the principles of a modern naval science (navigation, cannonry, ship-handling) to samurai including Katsu Kaishu. He arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans Pelicans (baseball)
The New Orleans Pelicans or "Pels" were a minor league professional baseball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. History Founded in 1865 as an amateur social/sporting organization, the Pelicans became a professional franchise when they joined the Southern League in 1887. That league operated off and on until it finally folded in 1899. During that time the team captured three pennants: 1887, 1889, and 1896. The Pelicans then became a founding member of the Southern Association in 1901. From 1887 to 1900, the team played at Sportsman's Park/Crescent City Base Ball Park located at the foot of Canal Street near the New Basin Canal (now the Pontchartrain Expressway). In 1901, the Pelicans moved to Athletic Park and played there until 1908. After the 1908 season the team moved to Pelican Park, which was located on South Carrollton Avenue, across from present-day Jesuit High School. In 1914, the Pelican Park wooden grandstand was moved by mule teams a quarter-mile down South Carrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pel (other)
Pel or PEL may refer to: People * Albert Pel (born 1849), a French serial killer * David Pel (born 1991), a Dutch tennis player * Hendrik Pel (1818-1876), a Dutch zoologist and government official * Pieter Klazes Pel (1852–1919), a Dutch physician Science and technology * PEL sector light, a projector-style marine beacon * Pixel, pel, or picture element, is a physical point in a raster image * Permissible exposure limit, an American legal limit for exposure to a chemical substance or physical agent * Peak of eternal light, a point on the surface of an astronomical body always in sunlight * Primary effusion lymphoma, a blood cancer Other uses * Pel, Iran, or Pil, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * PEL (Pakistan), Pak Elektron Limited, a Pakistani engineering corporation * Party of the European Left, a European political party * Wood and Allied Workers' Union The Wood and Allied Workers' Union ( fi, Puu- ja erityisalojen liitto, PEL) was a trade union representing wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
