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Smets
Smets is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a common name in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Flemish Brabant (11,000 people in 1998Despite its similarity to the Dutch surnames Smet, Smits, and Smeets, each equivalent to Smith, Smets (sometimes?) originated from "des Mets", short for "des Metselaars" ("the mason's son"People named Smets include: *Alexander Smets (1795–1862), French philanthropist *Dieudonné Smets (1901–1981), Belgian road cyclist * Henri Smets (1895–1994), Belgian cross country athlete *Joël Smets (born 1969), Belgian motocross rider *Rob Smets (born 1959), American rodeo bullfighter and commentator *Sonja Smets, Belgian and Dutch logician * (1796–1848), German writer, journalist and politician SMETS, short for ''Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specifications'', is a British standard for home smart meters. See also * Smet *Smits Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname.Citation: Meertens Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joël Smets
Joël Smets (born 6 April 1969) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current Racing Sports Director for KTM motorcycles. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1989 to 2005. Smets is notable for being a five-time motocross world champion, six-time Belgian national champion and was ''Belgian Sportsman of the year'' in 2000. His 57 career Grand Prix victories ranks him fourth overall among motocross world championship competitors. International career Smets was born in Mol, Antwerp. Nicknamed ''The Flemish Lion'' during his career, Smets was named after his parents' favorite rider Joël Robert. He didn't start racing until he was seventeen years old and found his feet on the Grand Prix scene rather quickly. In 1993 Smets won the German Grand Prix, and finished the season in third place in the 500cc championship. A year later Smets, riding the Vertemati machine, won two Grands Prix and again finished third in the world. By 1995 and racing for the Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Smets
Robert Edward "Rob" Smets (born September 11, 1959, Palo Alto, California), known professionally as The Kamikaze Kid, is an American former professional rodeo bullfighter. Biography Smets was born in Palo Alto, California to Bill and Ebe Smets. As a child, he lived in Thailand, Singapore, Puerto Rico, and Australia. After returning to the United States as a teenager, he lived in San Martin, California and attended Palma High School in Salinas. He entered high school rodeos starting in his sophomore year. In 2012, Rob Smets starred in Jägermeister's "A Stronger Bond" television and digital campaign. Career While bull riding as a teenager, Smets taunted some of the bullfighters for not protecting riders well enough after the riders fell. They challenged him to try being a bullfighter himself, which he did. He made a name for himself early on, distracting bulls after riders had fallen, so the riders could leave the ring safely. During the 20 years of the Wrangler Bullfighting T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Smets
Alexander Augustus Smets (October 12, 1795 – May 9, 1862) was a French-born co-founder of the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, Georgia, United States. A banker and philanthropist, he was also a large landowner in Georgia and one of the state's wealthiest people. Life and career Smets was born on October 12, 1795, in Nantes, France, the son of Barthelemy Martin Smets, a native of Mechelen, Belgium, and Jean Marie Antoinette. At the age of eighteen, he was enlisted in the French Army and was stationed at La Rochelle. He was promoted to lieutenant, such was his dedication to the role he was initially given, but the war ended before he could serve in the role. Smets' friend, Charles Maurel, a merchant in Savannah, Georgia, persuaded him to return to the United States with him during a visit to France. Smets arrived in Savannah on November 20, 1816. His early career was not entirely notable; a partnership formed shortly after his arrival in Savannah was dissolved, after wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Smets
Sonja Smets is a Belgian and Dutch logician and epistemologist known for her work in belief revision and quantum logic. She is Professor of Logic and Epistemology at the University of Amsterdam, where she was the Director of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (2016-2021) and is affiliated with both the Faculty of Science and the Department of Philosophy. She also holds a visiting professor position at the University of Bergen in Norway. Education and career Smets earned her doctorate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2001, working there with physicist Diederik Aerts and psychologist Liane Gabora. Her dissertation, jointly promoted by Aerts and by mathematician and philosopher Jean Paul Van Bendegem, was ''The Logic of Physical Properties in Static and Dynamic Perspective''. She continued on at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel as a postdoctoral researcher and part-time lecturer until 2009. She was Rosalind Franklin Research Fellow and university lecturer at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieudonné Smets
Dieudonné Smets (17 August 1901 – 29 November 1981) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1926 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. References External links * 1901 births 1981 deaths Belgian male cyclists People from Oupeye Cyclists from Liège Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Smets
Henri Smets ( Wezembeek-Oppem, 23 December 1896 - Brussel, 11 March 1950) was a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ... cross country athlete. He was a participant of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Performances Olympic Participant of the de VII° 1920 Summer Olympics Antwerp ;Results: *Men 5000 m: 8th in heat 4 *Men individual crosscountry : 33d *Men team crosscountry: 6th *Men team 3000 m: 4th in semi-final Belgian Championships ;1919 Fourth place in Belgian Championship 1500 m ;1920 Fourth in Belgian Championship 5000 m ;1921 Third place in Belgian Championship 800 m ;1922 Fourth place in Belgian Championship 1500 m References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smets, Henri 1896 births 1950 deaths Belgian male middle-distance runners Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart Meter
A smart meter is an electronic device that records information such as consumption of electric energy, voltage levels, current, and power factor. Smart meters communicate the information to the consumer for greater clarity of consumption behavior, and electricity suppliers for system monitoring and customer billing. Smart meters typically record energy near real-time, and report regularly, short intervals throughout the day. Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system. Such an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) differs from automatic meter reading (AMR) in that it enables two-way communication between the meter and the supplier. Communications from the meter to the network may be wireless, or via fixed wired connections such as power line carrier (PLC). Wireless communication options in common use include cellular communications, Wi-Fi (readily available), wireless ad hoc networks over Wi-Fi, wireless mesh networks, low power long- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smet
Smet is a Dutch occupational surname. Smet is a regional form of ''Smid'' ("Smith") and is equivalent to the more abundant surname Smit. It is common in East Flanders. People named Smet include: * David Smet (born 1966), French singer/songwriter and amateur sports car racer * Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), French founder of the Society of Helpers of the Holy Souls * Henrich Smet (1535/7-1614), Flemish court physician and humanist * Kathleen Smet (born 1970), Belgian triathlete * Jean-Philippe Smet (1943-2017), French singer and actor, father of David and Laura *Laura Smet (born 1983), French actress *Marc Smet (born 1951), Belgian long-distance runner *Miet Smet (born 1943), Belgian politician *Mike Smet (born 1991), Belgian footballer *Pascal Smet Pascal Smet (born 30 July 1967) is a Belgian politician, member of Vooruit. Personal life He was born in 1967 in Beveren-Waas. He earned a degree in Law at the University of Antwerp. He is openly gay. Career He was a member of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smeets
Smeets is a Limburgian surname (or more broadly, Dutch surname) meaning smith (metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium. People bearing the Smeets surname * Axel Smeets (b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager * Bryan Smeets (b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder *Felix Smeets (1904–1961), Dutch football striker * (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian *Ionica Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter *Jan Smeets (b. 1985), Dutch chess player * Jorg Smeets (b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder * Jorrit Smeets (b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder * Joseph Smeets (b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist *Lucian Smeets (fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger *Mart Smeets (b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist *Martine Smeets (b. 1990), Dutch handball player * Minke Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player, wife of Tjerk * Pauline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith (surname)
Smith is an occupational surname originating in England, Scotland, and Ireland. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and the fifth most common surname in the Republic of Ireland. In the United States, the surname Smith is particularly prevalent among those of English, Scottish, and Irish descent, but is also a common surname among African-Americans, which can be attributed either to African slaves having been given the surname of their masters, or to being an occupational name, as some southern African-Americans took this surname to reflect their or their father's trade. 2,442,977 Americans shared the surname Smith at the time of the 2010 census, and more than 500,000 people shared it in the United Kingdom as of 2006. At the turn of the 20th century, the surname was sufficiently prevalent in England to have prompted the statement: "Common to every village in England, north, south, east, and west";Bardsley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch-language Surnames
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 countryw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Smet (surname)
De Smet or Desmet is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a regional form of "the smith" very common in East and West Flanders. It was the tenth most common name in Belgium in 1997. Notable people with the surname include: Sports * Andy De Smet (born 1970), Belgian road cyclist * Armand Desmet (1931–2012), Belgian cyclist * , Belgian cyclist * , Belgian cyclist * Gilbert Desmet (born 1931), Belgian cyclist * Gilbert De Smet (1936–1987), Belgian racing cyclist * Gustaaf De Smet (1935–2020), Belgian cyclist * Hanne Desmet (born 1996), Belgian short track speed skater * (born 1989), Belgian athlete * Jenny De Smet (born 1958), Belgian racing cyclist * Karel De Smet (born 1980), Belgian footballer * Lenn De Smet and Liam De Smet (born 2004), Belgian footballers and twin brothers * Léopold Desmet (born 1935), Belgian gymnast * Louis Desmet (born 1930), Belgian middle-distance runner * Luc De Smet (born 1957), Belgian cyclist * Mathieu De Smet (born 2000), Belgian footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
