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Thyssen
Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs (Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. While Thijssen is the more common form in the Netherlands, "Thyssen" prevails elsewhere. It may refer to: People * Craig Thyssen (born 1984), South African cricketer * Greta Thyssen (1933–2018), Danish film actress and model * Ingrid Thyssen (born 1956), German javelin thrower * Marianne Thyssen (born 1956), Belgian politician and EU Commissioner * Nicole Thyssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player * Ole Thyssen (born 1944), Danish philosopher and sociologist * Thyssen family, an industrialist family originating in Aachen, with many notable members including: **Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), German banker **August Thyssen (1842–1926), German founder of the Thyssen steel company, son of Friedrich **Joseph Thyssen (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Franconian Languages
Low Franconian, Low Frankish, NetherlandicSarah Grey Thomason, Terrence Kaufman: ''Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics'', University of California Press, 1991, p. 321. (Calling it "Low Frankish (or Netherlandish)".)Scott Shay: ''The History of English: A Linguistic Introduction'', Wardja Press, 2008, p. 73. (Having "Old Low Franconian" and mentioning "Old Low Frankish" and "Old Netherlandic".) is a linguistic category used to classify a number of historical and contemporary West Germanic varieties closely related to, and including, the Dutch language. Most dialects and languages included within the category are spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), in the Nord department of France, in western Germany (Lower Rhine), as well as in Suriname, South Africa and Namibia. Terminology The term ''Frankish'' or ''Franconian'' as a modern linguistic category was coined by the German linguist Wilhelm Braune (1850–1926). He divided Franconian which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Thyssen
Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. He was an early supporter of the Nazi Party, but later broke with them. Biography Youth Thyssen was born in Mülheim in the Ruhr area. His father, August, was head of the Thyssen mining and steelmaking company, founded by his father Friedrich and based in the Ruhr city of Duisburg. Friedrich studied mining and metallurgy in London, Liège, and Berlin, and after a short period in the German Army, joined the family business. On 18 January 1900 in Düsseldorf he married Amelie Helle or Zurhelle ( Mülheim am Rhein, 11 December 1877 – Puchdorf bei Straubing, 25 August 1965), daughter of a factory owner. Their only child, Anna (Anita; later Anita Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen), was born in 1909. Thyssen again joined the army in 1914, but was soon discharged on account of a lung condition. Weimar Germany Thyssen was a German nationalist who su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thys
Thys is a Dutch patronymic surname. It is an alternative spelling of Thijs, a very common nickname for Matthijs ( Mattheus). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. The form "Thys" is particularly common in the Belgian province of Antwerp, while "Thijs" is most common in Belgian Limburg. Outside the Low Countries the spelling is almost exclusively "Thys." People with this surname include: Surname *Albert Thys (1849–1915), Belgian businessman active in the Congo Free State *Albert Thys (1894–1976), painter *Alphonse Thys (1807–1879), French composer * Antoine Thys (Antonius Thysius) (1565–1640), Dutch theologian *Edith Thys (born 1966), American alpine skier *Gert Thys (born 1971), South African long-distance runner *Guy Thys (1922–2003), Belgian footballer and football coach *Guy Lee Thys (born 1952), Belgian film producer, director, and screenwriter *Gysbrecht Thys (1617–1684), Flemis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiessen (other)
Thiessen may refer to: * Alfred H. Thiessen (1872–1956), American meteorologist * Brad Thiessen (ice hockey player, born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Dan Thiessen (1946–2014), college football coach * Dan Thiessen (politician) (1922-2012), Kansas state legislator * Del Thiessen, American psychology professor * Duane D. Thiessen (born 1951), Lieutenant General in US Marine Corps * Georg Heinrich Thiessen (1914–1961), German astronomer * Gordon Thiessen (born 1938), Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1994–2001 * J. Grant Thiessen (born 1947), Canadian bibliographer and bookseller * Jack Thiessen (1931-2022), lexicographer * James Thiessen (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer * Jayson Thiessen (born 1976), Canadian director * Juliana Thiessen Day (born 1980), former 1998 Miss Canadian Universe * Marc Thiessen (born 1967), American author and speech-writer for President George W. Bush * Matt Thiessen (born 1980), Canadian-American musician * Nolan Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thissen
Thissen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Thissen (born c. 1950), American professor of psychology *Frans Thissen (1909–?), Belgian rower *Jean Thissen (born 1946), Belgian footballer *Paul Thissen (born 1966), American politician *Tof Thissen (born 1957), Dutch politician *Werner Thissen (born 1938), German Roman Catholic archbishop See also *Thiessen (other) *Thijssen *Thyssen (other) Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs (Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixati ... {{surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg and Essen. The company claims to be one of the world's largest List of steel producers, steel producers, and it was ranked tenth-largest worldwide by revenue in 2015."The world's largest steel companies in 2015, based on revenue" ''Statista'' It is divided into 670 subsidiaries worldwide. The largest shareholders are Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation and Cevian Capital. ThyssenKrupp's products range from machines and indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyssen AG
Thyssen was a major German steel producer founded by August Thyssen. The company merged with Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp in 1999. History On 29 September 1891, August Thyssen and his brother Joseph Thyssen came to be in possession of all shares of ''Gewerkschaft Deutscher Kaiser'', a coal mining company. On 17 December 1891, the steelworks of the same company opened in Hamborn (today part of Duisburg). Subsequently, the plant was modernized and expanded by August Thyssen, becoming a vertically integrated company producing iron and steel and manufacturing ships, machines etc. After the First World War came the occupation of the Ruhr and the loss of many foreign interests; however the company remained viable. On 4 April 1926, August Thyssen died; his son, Fritz Thyssen became chairman of a new group ''Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG'' (United Steelworks) which was formed by a consortium of companies, with Thyssen representing 26% of the company's value. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (27 July 1902 – 7 July 1987) was a classical pianist of Franco-Dutch parentage, noted for her performances of French music. She studied under Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire, and in the 1950s, after a long absence from performing while she raised a family of five children, she recorded a series of discs of Fauré's music that have been reissued on compact disc to considerable acclaim. Life and career She was born as Germaine Suzanna Jeanne Thyssens in Maastricht in the Netherlands, the eldest of the three children of a Dutch father, born Joannes Jacobus Thijssen but known as Jean-Jacques Thyssens, and his wife Jeanne Caroline Schmidt, who was from Alsace. Jean-Jacques, who was director of Peugeot in Belgium, died in July 1907, when his eldest child was not quite five years old. Encouraged by her mother, she began to study the piano when she was about five years old, and later also studied the harpsichord. At the age of eight she made her conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Thysse
Andre Thysse (24 March 1969 – 22 July 2021) was a South African professional super middle/ light heavyweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s. Biography He won the Gauteng super middleweight title, South African super middleweight title, and Commonwealth super middleweight title. He was a challenger for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight title against Brian Magee, World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against Markus Beyer, World Boxing Council (WBC) International super middleweight title against Mikkel Kessler, WBC International super middleweight title against Jürgen Brähmer, World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super middleweight title against Lucian Bute, World Boxing Council (WBC) International light heavyweight title against Adrian Diaconu, and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Australasian super middleweight title against Sakio Bika. His professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super middleweight to , i. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodo Thyssen
Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004) was a German industrialist and medical doctor, son of Hans Thyssen and wife and grandson of Josef Thyssen, the younger brother of August Thyssen. His businesses included Telefonbau & Normalzeit, Thyssen-Heizkessel and Melderwerke. In 1969 he married Renate Thyssen-Henne (''née'' Kerkhoff), whom he later divorced, without issue, though his stepdaughter and stepson had taken his surname. At the beginning of the 1970s, Bodo Thyssen and his wife Renate Thyssen established the "Thyssen Privatklinik" in Prien by the Chiemsee lake. See also * Thyssen * Thyssen family 1918 births 2004 deaths Businesspeople from Bavaria German industrialists Bodo Bodo may refer to: Ethnicity * Boro people, an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India * Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Bodo people Culture and language * Boro cu ... German businesspeople in the healthcare industry Phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tita Thyssen
María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra, Dowager Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (german: link=no, María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Freifrau von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon; born 23 April 1943), popularly known as Carmen "Tita" Cervera or Carmen "Tita" Thyssen, is a Spanish socialite, and art dealer and collector. Biography Cervera was born on 23 April 1943 in Barcelona, the daughter of Enrique Cervera Manent and his wife, María del Carmen Fernández de la Guerra Álvarez (d. Madrid, 22 February 1992). She was Miss Spain in 1961. She married firstly, as his fifth wife, on 6 March 1965 Lex Barker, secondly, in 1975 , divorcing in 1978, and thirdly as his fifth wife, at Daylesford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on 16 August 1985, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. None of her marriages had issue, but she had a son born out of wedlock, Alejandro (b. Madrid, 24 July 1980), with Manuel Segura. Hans Heinrich adopted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
Baroness Francesca von Thyssen-Bornemisza (born 7 June 1958), formerly Francesca von Habsburg-Lothringen, is an art collector. By birth, she is a member of the Thyssen family, House of Thyssen-Bornemisza. She is also the former wife of Karl von Habsburg, current head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Early life Thyssen-Bornemisza was born Francesca Anna Dolores Freiin von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva in Lausanne, the daughter of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza and his third wife, fashion model Fiona Campbell-Walter, Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter, descendant of the Campbell baronets. She was educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland and at the age of eighteen attended Saint Martin's School of Art in London,Paco Barragán ([n.d.])Interview with Francesca von Habsburg ''ArtPulse Magazine''. Retrieved August 2013. but left after two years. Career After leaving Saint Martin's School of Art, she worked as an actress, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
