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Van Leeuwen (surname)
Van Leeuwen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Leeuwen". In 2007, nearly 28,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the 18th most common name there. There are two places named Leeuwen in Gelderland (Leeuwen and a hamlet absorbed in Wageningen) and two in Limburg (near Roermond and near Reuver). Considering the high frequency of the name and the small size of these two places, it has been speculated that people from many other places, such as the relatively larger Belgian cities of Leuven and Denderleeuw may have also ended up being called "van Leeuwen" as well.Leeuwen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Although translated as "lions" in modern Dutch, the place name may be explained originating from Germ ... [...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] |
Dirk Van Leeuwen
Dirk Willem van Leeuwen (born 1945) is an Anglican clergyman. He was Archdeacon of North West Europe from 2005 to 2007. Van Leeuwen was educated at Utrecht University and at the Southwark Ordination Course. He was ordained priest in 1983. He served the Diocese in Europe at Brussels, Haarlem, Antwerp, Charleroi, Ypres Leuven, Knokke, Bruges and Ostend. He was Vicar general of the Diocese in Europe The Diocese in Europe (short form for the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe) is a diocese of the Church of England. It was originally formed in 1842 as the Diocese of Gibraltar. It is geographically the largest diocese of the Church of England and th ... from 2002 to 2007. References 1945 births Utrecht University alumni Archdeacons of North West Europe Living people 20th-century Anglican priests 21st-century Anglican priests {{ChurchofEngland-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz VanLeeuwen
Elizabeth Susan Nelson VanLeeuwen ( Nelson; November 5, 1925 – November 27, 2022) was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. Early life and career VanLeeuwen was born in Lakeview, Oregon, where she lived until attending Oregon State University. She received a Bachelor of Science in Home Making Education and a minor in English in 1947. She married George VanLeeuwen on June 15, 1947, and was a farmer. She also was a news reporter and journalist for a newspaper in Brownsville, Oregon, from 1949 to 1970. She was a school teacher at Monroe High School, a substitute teacher and an adult educator in the 1950s and 1960s. She had a weekly farm report radio program on KWIL in the 1970s. VanLeeuwen was a founding member of Oregon Women for Agriculture and a member of the Oregon Farm Bureau Women's Committee and Legislative Committee before being elected to the Oregon House of Representatives. Political career VanLeeuwen served as a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Van Leeuwen
Laura Antoinette van Leeuwen (born 22 April 1986 in The Hague) is a Dutch gymnast. Van Leeuwen competed in the all around, however the uneven bars and vault are her best disciplines. Career Her first notable moments came in 1999 when she took part in the Dutch National Championships, finishing 5th overall, 2nd on vault, 2nd on floor and becoming the uneven bars champion, which she also was in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2001, she was Dutch champion on vault. In 2002, she took part in the International Romanian Championships winning both the beam and vault competitions and was fourth overall. At the 2002 Hypotheekshop Gymnastics Top, she won the uneven bars and in that same year became 5th at the World Championships. In 2003, she was part of the Dutch team that took part in the World Championships in Anaheim, but only finished in 16th position. Van Leeuwen represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she finished the 46th place in the women's individual all around com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joke Van Leeuwen
Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer. , luxmagazine.nl, retrieved 28 June 2014 Life and career Johanna Rutgera van Leeuwen was born on 24 September 1952 in , . She studied at the University of Brussels and has won various awards for her literature for children which sometimes uses a quest as a theme. Her awards includes the Dutch Youth literatur ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Van Leeuwen
Jean Van Leeuwen (born December 26, 1937) is the author of over forty children's books, including the '' Oliver Pig'' series, and ''Bound for Oregon''. She studied journalism at Syracuse University and currently lives in Chappaqua, New York. The Great Mouse Gang Series From 1969 to the present, Jean has written five children's novels about a gang of three mice in New York City, led by the daredevil Marvin, who prefers to be called "Merciless Marvin the Magnificent". His two cohorts in adventure are the scholarly Raymond ("the Rat") and the sensitive, explosive-loving Fats ("the Fuse", although his birth name is revealed to be Dudley in the most recent story). Originally, the trio lived in the Bijou Theater, but Marvin led them in a semi-successful robbery of a cheese shop down the street, and they temporarily moved in there. At the start of the second story, they move into a dollhouse in the toy section of Macy's Department Store, and all subsequent adventures have either taken p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Van Leeuwen
Jan van Leeuwen (born December 17, 1946, in Waddinxveen) is a Dutch computer scientist and Emeritus professor of computer science at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University.Curriculum vitae retrieved 2011-03-27. Education and career Van Leeuwen completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at in 1967 and received a PhD in mathematics in 1972 from the same institution under the supervision of .. After postdoctoral studies at the |
Herman Van Leeuwen was named after him.
Hermanus "Herman" Nicolaas van Leeuwen (8 June 1884 in Amsterdam – 7 February 1926 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch gymnast and high jumper who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 95th. He also participated in the high jump competition and finished 19th. The Herman van Leeuwen Cup The Dutch Athlete of the Year ( nl, atleet van het jaar) is an annual award given to the most distinguished competitor in the sport of athletics from the Netherlands by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (KNAU). ... References External links * 1884 births 1926 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrika Johanna Van Leeuwen
Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen (July 3, 1887 – February 26, 1974) was a Dutch physicist known for her early contributions to the theory of magnetism. She studied at Leiden University under the guidance of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, obtaining her doctorate in 1919. Her thesis explained why magnetism is an essentially quantum mechanical effect, a result now referred to as the Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem. (Niels Bohr had arrived at the same conclusion a few years earlier.) She continued to investigate magnetic materials at the "Technische Hogeschool Delft" (now called the Delft University of Technology), first as "assistant" between September 1920 and April 1947, and then she was promoted to "lector in de theoretische en toegepaste natuurkunde" (reader in theoretical and applied physics). Hendrika van Leeuwen was the sister-in-law of Gunnar Nordström, known as the "Einstein of Finland", who studied in Leiden with Paul Ehrenfest, the successor of Lorentz. Her sister Cornelia (Nel) also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Van Leeuwen (physicist)
Johannes Maria Jozef "Hans" van Leeuwen (born 5 August 1932) is a Dutch physicist. Van Leeuwen was born in Heerhugowaard. In 1962 he obtained his doctorate at the University of Amsterdam under professor J. de Boer with a thesis titled: "Diagram techniques in statistical mechanics". In 1969 he became professor of physics at Delft University of Technology. He was appointed professor of theoretical physics at Leiden University in 1986. Van Leeuwen was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ... in 1994 "For contributions to statistical physics, in particular to the understanding of static and dynamic correlations in fluids, and to real space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Van Leeuwen
Johannes "Hans" van Leeuwen (born 1946 in Gouda, South Holland) is educator, engineer, inventor, researcher, and entrepreneur. He is an emeritus professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University and an entrepreneur in ethanol co-product development. His research and innovations have worked to solve various problems including, new water purification methods, a way of creating food and animal feed from waste, and a process in making the purest alcohol ever made. Early life and education van Leeuwen was born in 1946 in Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands. He grew up in South Africa. His experience growing up in South Africa helped him emotionally connect with the underprivileged living in developing countries and inspired his later work. He studied at University of Pretoria in South Africa and received all his degrees from the same school, including his B.S. in 1975 in Chemical Engineering, his M.S. in 1979 in Engineering and Water Utilization, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
