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Van Der Brugghen
Van Bruggen is a Dutch toponymic surname translating to "from/of hebridge . at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant names with the same origin are ''Ter Brugge(n)'', ''Ter Brugghen'', ''Van de(r) Brug'', ''Van der Brugge(n)'', ''Van der Brugghen'', and '' Verbrugge(n)''. Different settlements and houses with the name ''(de) Brug(ge)'' ("the bridge") could also be at the source of each family name. People with these surnames include: ;Van Bruggen * Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen (1929–2016), Dutch malacologist * [...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] |
Hendrick Ter Brugghen
Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen (or Terbrugghen) (1588 – 1 November 1629) was a Dutch painter of genre scenes and religious subjects. He was one of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio – the so-called ''Utrecht Caravaggisti''. Along with Gerrit van Hondhorst and Dirck van Baburen, Ter Brugghen was one of the most important Dutch painters to have been influenced by Caravaggio. Biography No references to Ter Brugghen written during his life have been identified. His father Jan Egbertsz ter Brugghen, originally from Overijssel, had moved to Utrecht, where he was appointed secretary to the Court of Utrecht by the Prince of Orange, William the Silent. He had been married to Sophia Dircx. In 1588, he became bailiff to the Provincial Council of Holland in The Hague, where Hendrick was born. The earliest brief reference to the painter is in ''Het Gulden Cabinet'' (1661) of Cornelis de Bie, where he is mistakenly referred to as ''Verbrugghen''. Another short account is found in the ... [...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] |
Van Der Brugghen
Van Bruggen is a Dutch toponymic surname translating to "from/of hebridge . at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant names with the same origin are ''Ter Brugge(n)'', ''Ter Brugghen'', ''Van de(r) Brug'', ''Van der Brugge(n)'', ''Van der Brugghen'', and '' Verbrugge(n)''. Different settlements and houses with the name ''(de) Brug(ge)'' ("the bridge") could also be at the source of each family name. People with these surnames include: ;Van Bruggen * Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen (1929–2016), Dutch malacologist * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruges
Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares (138.4 km2; 53.44 sq miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from , meaning 'Bruges by the Sea'). The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval in shape and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008),Statistics Belgium; ''Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2008'' (excel-file) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, as of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galbert Van Brugge
Galbert of Bruges (Galbertus notarius Brugensis in Latin) was a Flemish cleric and chronicler. A resident of Bruges and a functionary in the administration of the count of Flanders, he is known for his day-by-day Latin account ''De multro, traditione et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis Flandriarum'' of the events surrounding the murder of Count Charles the Good, in 1127 and its aftermath up through the accession of Thierry of Alsace in summer 1128. References *Jeff Rider (translator). 2013. ''The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders'' by Galbert of Bruges. New Haven and London: Yale University Press Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day, and became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and operationally autonomous. , Yale Universi .... . *Jeff Rider (editor). 1994. ''De multro, traditione, et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justinus Van Der Brugghen
Justinus Jacob Leonard van der Brugghen (6 August 1804, in Nijmegen – 2 October 1863, in Ubbergen Ubbergen () is village and former municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The village is part of the municipality of Berg en Dal (formerly known as Groesbeek). Notable people Notable people who were born in Ubberge ...) was a Dutch politician. References * Mr. J.J.L. van der Brugghen aParlement & Politiek(Dutch) 1804 births 1863 deaths 19th-century Dutch lawyers Leiden University alumni Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands People from Nijmegen Prime Ministers of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joannes Van Der Brugghen
Joannes van der Brugghen, known in France as Jean vander Bruggen, (1649 – c. 1693) was a Flemish painter, engraver, art dealer and publisher who was active in Antwerp and Paris. Life Joannes van der Brugghen engraved a self-portrait printed in Paris in 1689. The print states (''âgé de quarante ans'') that he was born in 1649 in Brussels. It is not clear with whom he trained, but he is registered as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1679. In 1681 he moved to Paris, open a shop rue Saint-Jacques, where he was active as an engraver, dealer and publisher.De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde listing archives from 1453–1615, by Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, Antwerp, 1872, p, 469, on |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Bruggen
John van Bruggen (born March 6, 1957) is a Canadian animator and writer. His wife, Arna Selznick, was the director of 1985's ''The Care Bears Movie''. He and Selznick were layout supervisors on its 1986 sequel. They are partners in the creative services company dancingmonkeys. 2020-2021: John is Executive Story Editor on the ''Brave Bunnies'' animated television series, currently in production. 2017-2018: John van Bruggen wrote the screenplay for ''The Most Magnificent Thing'', the award winning Nelvana 22 minute CG short directed by Arna Selznick. In 2004, John created the Jazz-inspired show YTV's ''Coolman!'' along with Selznick. He also recently penned the script for the 2006 feature ''Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure''. He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2000 for his story ''Franklin and the Two Henrys'', also from the Franklin series. He received a second nomination in 2004 for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, for "Jacob Two-Two and the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Van Bruggen
Heinrich (Harry) Wilhelm Eduard van Bruggen (December 6, 1927 in Amsterdam – February 8, 2010 in Amersfoort) was a Dutch amateur botanist. Personal life After finishing secondary school, van Bruggen became an accountant, first in his uncle's company, later with Koninklijke Hoogovens, where he became the head of the Administration. In 1950 he married Anna Blom, with whom he had a son; she died in 1996. In April 2000 he remarried with Liesbeth Bakker. Van Bruggen was interested in nature already at a very young age, in particular in animals and plants in and around water. He sowed his first plants when he was 5-years old: ''Tagetes''. This led to his lifelong interest in botany, particularly water and marsh plants and orchids. Van Bruggen was an active member of the "Dutch Waterplant Society", for which he did the administration during many years. Contributions to botany In the late fifties, van Bruggen obtained from an aquarium-plant importer an ''Aponogeton'' species w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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