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Prins Maurits
Prins (Dutch: Prince) is a Dutch surname. In 2007, Prins was the 48th most common surname in the Netherlands (15,361 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames in the Netherlands/ref> The surname does not derive from an ancestor who was a prince. Instead, the original may have lived in or worked at a location, like a windmill or inn, with that name, or was called "the prince" as a nickname. Historical records note Sephardic Italian Jewish surname of Principe or Prinzi later being changed to the more locally accepted Prins (and then Prince once in England or Colonial America). People with the name Prins include: * Ada Prins (1879-1977), Dutch chemist * A. H. J. Prins (1921–2000), Dutch Africanist and maritime anthropologist * (1845–1919), Belgian jurist and criminologist *Alwin de Prins (born 1978), Luxembourgish swimmer * Anna Prins (born 1991), American basketball player *Anthony Winkler Prins (1817–1903), author of Winkler Prins a Dutch encyclopedia * (1816–1867), Dutc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, prince". Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, literally "the one who takes the first lace/position), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the '' princeps senatus''. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of principate, not dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Prins
Igor Prins (born 21 October 1966) is an Estonian football manager and former professional player. International career Prins made his international debut for the Estonia national team on 3 June 1992 in a historic 1–1 draw against Slovenia in a friendly. The match was Estonia's first official match since restoration of independence and Slovenia's first match ever. Prins made a total of 20 appearances for the team. Honours Player ;Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK * Estonian SSR Championship: 1985 ;Zvezda * Estonian SSR Championship: 1986 ;Lantana * Meistriliiga: 1995–96 ;Levadia * Meistriliiga: 1999, 2000 * Estonian Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000 Manager ;Levadia * Meistriliiga: 2008, 2009 ;Nõmme Kalju * Meistriliiga: 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ... Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Prins
Stefan Prins (born 20 May 1979) is a Belgian composer and performer. Biography Studies Born in Kortrijk, Stefan Prins studied composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp from which he holds a master's degree (2009) and specialized in sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (2005). In 2017 he obtained a PhD in composition at Harvard University under the supervision of Chaya Czernowin. He also graduated from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in electrotechnical engineering specialising in photonics (2002). Career Stefan Prins's music has been performed in numerous international music festivals and concert series such as Donaueschingen Festival (Germany), Darmstädter Ferienkurse (Germany), ECLAT Festival (Stuttgart), Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (Germany), Züricher Tage für Neue Musik (Switzerland), ISCM World Music Days (Wroclaw, Poland), Deutschlandfunk Forum Neue Musik (Köln, Germany), University of Hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Prins
Stanislav Prins (formerly Stanislav Pedõk, born 6 June 1988) is a former Estonian professional footballer. In 2014 Prins was given a four-year ban for match-fixing. He last played in Estonian Meistriliiga for Flora. He plays the position of goalkeeper and is 1.87 m tall. He also earned one cap in Estonia national football team. Career Club career Prins was born in Donetsk Oblast. He started his career with Estonian first division team JK Vaprus Pärnu. He made 50 appearances for JK Vaprus Pärnu before eventually moving to then 7-time Estonian champions, FC Flora Tallinn, where he was a backup for Mihkel Aksalu until the end of the 2009 season. In 2010, he became the first-choice and played in 27 league games. The next season, he fell down the pecking order and was shadowed by youngster Marko Meerits for the first half of the season, but again regained his position when Meerits was bought by Vitesse Arnhem. On 28 February 2013, he joined another Meistriliiga side, Narva Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Prins
Sharon Prins (also known by her married name Sharon Boxem-Prins; born 24 August 1988) is a former Dutch darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Career Prins was born in 1988 in Zoetermeer and became a darts player in 2006. Her nickname is "Racing Angel" and follows from her passion for motorcycling. Prins plays darts since 2006. She managed to qualify for the BDO Women World Championship 2013, where she lost in the semi-final to Lisa Ashton. Prins has won the Catalonia Open Darts in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. 2020 Since the 2020 World Championship she has not participated in any darts event. BDO World Championships results BDO * 2013: Semi-final (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–2) * 2014: Quarter Final (lost to Irina Armstrong 1–2) * 2015: Semi-final (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–2) * 2017: Last 16 (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–2) * 2018: Quarter Final (lost to Deta Hedman 0–2) * 2019: Quarter Final (lost to Mikuru Suzuki 0–2) * 2020: Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Prins
Raymond Frank "Ray" Prins (born April 15, 1951) is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Lacombe-Ponoka as a Progressive Conservative. Early life Prins was born April 15, 1951 in Lacombe, Alberta. After high school, he worked a variety of agriculture and construction jobs, including two years in oilfield construction northeast of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, and a year in refinery maintenance in Edmonton. In 1974, Prins bought a farm near Gull Lake, Alberta where he grew grain and hay, and raised cattle, hogs, elk and bison. Political career Prins was elected to a second term representing the constituency of Lacombe-Ponoka in the 2008 provincial election, where he received 58 per cent of the vote. The constituency race garnered national media attention with Alberta Greens candidate Joe Anglin thought by many to be the Alberta Green's best chance at earning its first seat in a provincial legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Prins
Pieter "Piet" Jongeling (31 March 1909 in Broeksterwâld - 26 August 1985 in Amersfoort), also known by the pen name Piet Prins, was a Dutch politician and author of children's books. He was a member of the Reformed Political League (GPV) and of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands. Journalism Jongeling worked as a journalist for the anti-revolutionary newspaper ''Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant''. In 1941, during the German occupation, the publication was banned, and in 1942, Jongeling was sent to the Amersfoort concentration camp, later being transferred to Sachsenhausen. After the war, Jongeling became editor of ''Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant'', but later left to become editor of '' De Vrije Kerk''. Politics Jongeling was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party, but left when the Reformed Political League (GPV) split off from the ARP. The GPV was associated with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated), which had formed in 1944. Jongeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Prins
Pierre Prins (26 November 1838 – 21 January 1913) was a French painter, engraver and sculptor. Biography Pierre Prins was born on 26 November 1838, at the 7th arrondissement of Paris. He is the eldest son of his family. His family is a manufacturer and merchant of various goods, such as umbrellas, whips and swords. In 1851, his father disappeared in Brazil. Therefore, Mr Bourgeois, his maternal grandfather, make Prins an apprentice in his workshop. As he is passionate about sculpture, his mother suggested him to enrol an art class. He then enrolled in a school of art in 1861. His mother died in the same year. Later he met Édouard Manet through his sister Pauline, a close friend of Manet's wife, Suzanne Leenhoff. In 1869, after he bought his maternal grandfather's workshop, he married Fanny Claus, a violinist and one of the figures in Manet's The Balcony, with Manet as a witness. In 1871, the Paris Commune forced the couple to close their workshop. Therefore, they fled t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomi Prins
Nomi Prins is an American economist, author, journalist, and public speaker who writes about Wall Street and the US economy. Before becoming a journalist and public speaker, Prins worked in the finance industry. She was a managing director at Goldman Sachs, senior managing director at Bear Stearns in London, senior strategist at Lehman Brothers and analyst at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Prins has been a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos think tank from 2002 to 2016. An advocate for the reinstatement of the Glass–Steagall Act and other regulatory reform of the financial industry, Prins was a member of Senator Bernie Sanders' panel of expert economists formed to advise on reforming the Federal Reserve. Early life Nomi Prins was born in Upstate New York, the oldest child in her family. Her father Jack worked for IBM after having taught at the local college as a mathematics professor. Education Prins received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from State University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Prins
Marie Prins (born 1948, married name Marie Jordaan) is a South African botanist. Education and career Prins graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a BSc in Botany. She completed her BSc(Hons) and MSc at the University of Pretoria. She obtained a PhD in botany with a thesis on Spikethorns of the world (''Gymnosporia'', Celastraceae). She was also involved in the development of a website containing information on South African trees aimed at both amateurs and scientists. She assisted the authors with research for the book "''Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and The Kruger Park''", published in 2002. She also corrected instances in the book where a plant had previously been described as a new variety and was later reclassified as a new species. She worked at the South African National Biodiversity Institute and in 1999, she was listed as a Scientific officer for the National Herbarium involved in plant identification services and curation of the collection of flora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodewijk Prins
Lodewijk Prins (27 January 1913, Amsterdam – 11 November 1999) was a Dutch chess player and referee of chess competitions. Prins was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and was made an International Arbiter in 1960. In 1982 FIDE made him an honorary Grandmaster. Prins represented the Netherlands twelve times in all Chess Olympiads from 1937 to 1968. He won two individual silver medals (1939, 1950) and one bronze (1968). At the beginning of World War II (1939–1940), he played in tournaments in the Netherlands. In 1940, he won jointly with Salo Landau and Nicolaas Cortlever in Leeuwarden, took 2nd, behind Max Euwe, in Amsterdam (VVGA), and tied for 3rd–4th in Amsterdam (VAS, Hans Kmoch won). After the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, his name did not appear in any tournament in the occupied Netherlands because of his Jewish origin. After the war, he took first place at Gijón in 1947, at Hoogovens Beverwijk in 1948 and at Madrid 1951 with 12.5/1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurens Prins
Laurens Prins, anglicized as Lawrence Prince,Marley, David. ''Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present''. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998. (pp. 151, 158, 172) (c. 1630s, Amsterdam – after 1717) was a 17th-century Dutch buccaneer, privateer and an officer under Captain Sir Henry Morgan. He and Major John Morris led one of the columns against Panama in 1671. Biography According to Spanish accounts, Lawrence Prince was a Dutchman from Amsterdam who arrived in the Caribbean in the late 1650s. In 1659, he was one of four men, including John Morris and Robert Searle, who bought a captured Spanish prize from Commodore Christopher Myngs following his ten-week voyage. Prior to joining Morgan's forces at Port Royal in November 1670, he had previously sailed up to Rio Magdalena intending to raid the town of Mompos located inland. Prince was forced to retreat, however, when they were surprised by cannon fire from a recently b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
