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Van Den Bos
Van den Bos is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the forest". * Alida van den Bos (1902–2003), Dutch gymnast * Bob van den Bos (born 1947), Dutch politician * Conny Vandenbos (1937–2002), Dutch pop singer * Jasper van den Bos (1634–1656), Dutch painter * Jip van den Bos (born 1996), Dutch racing cyclist * Matthijs van den Bos (born 1969), Dutch scholar of Iranian Sufism and European Shi'ism * Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), Dutch video game musician * Paul van den Bos (born 1940), Dutch photographer and cinematographer * Pieter Vanden Bos (born 1961), Canadian football offensive lineman * Ricardo van den Bos (born 1984), Dutch kickboxer * Willem Hendrik van den Bos (1886–1974), Dutch-South African astronomer See also *1663 van den Bos, main belt asteroid named after the astronomer *Van den Bos (crater), small lunar crater named after the astronomer * Van den Bosch *Van den Bossche Van den Bossche or Vandenbossche is a Dutch surname originating in Flanders. It me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Hendrik Van Den Bos
Willem Hendrik van den Bos (25 September 1896 – 30 March 1974) was a Dutch astronomer who worked at the Union Observatory in South Africa and became its director in 1941. He discovered nearly new double stars, made more than astronomical measurements and compiled a catalogue of Southern hemisphere double stars. He computed the orbits of more than 100 double stars using a method he invented and which later became the accepted standard. Biography Van den Bos was born in Rotterdam in 1896. He studied astronomy at Leiden University and worked at the Leiden Observatory. In 1925 he completed his PhD in astronomy under the supervision of Willem de Sitter and was invited by R.T.A. Innes to join the Union Observatory in Johannesburg for a three-year appointment as assistant to the director, H.E. Wood. Innes was eager to have an experienced observer of double-stars to share the workload on the newly erected telescope. Van den Bos extended his appointment at the Union Observato ... [...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] |
Pieter Vanden Bos
Pieter Vanden Bos (born November 5, 1961) is a former Canadian football offensive lineman who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions. He was drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos with he fourth overall pick of the 1983 CFL Draft. He played CIS football at the University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a .... References External linksJust Sports Stats Living people 1961 births Players of Canadian football from Ontario Canadian football offensive linemen UBC Thunderbirds football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Ottawa Rough Riders players BC Lions players Canadian football people from Toronto {{Canadianfootball-offensive-lineman-stub ... [...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 Den Bossche
Van den Bossche or Vandenbossche is a Dutch surname originating in Flanders. It means either "from the woods" or "from Den Bosch". Notable people with the surname include: * Aert van den Bossche (fl. 1499-1505), Flemish painter * Agnes van den Bossche (c.1435 – c.1504), Flemish painter * Alain Van Den Bossche (born 1965), Belgian racing cyclist * Balthasar van den Bossche (1681–1715), Flemish painter * Bart Van den Bossche (1964–2013), Flemish singer * Dany Vandenbossche (1956–2013), Belgian politician * Darla Vandenbossche (born 1963), Canadian actress * David Vandenbossche (born 1980), French footballer * Fabio Van den Bossche (born 2000), Belgian cyclist * Freya Van den Bossche (born 1975), Belgian politician * Georges Van Den Bossche (1892-1966), Belgian rower * Gielis van den Bossche (c.1490 – after 1545), Flemish painter * Jules van den Bossche (1819–1889), Dutch military officer and colonial government official * Luc Van den Bossche (born 1947), Belgian politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Den Bosch
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named ''Vandenbosch'', ''Vandebosch'' or ''Vanden Bosch'' in 2008. etc. at www.familienaam.be Other variant spellings are ''Van der Bosch'' and Van den Bos. People with this surname include: * Antal van den Bosch (born 1969), Dutch language researcher * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Den Bos (crater)
Van den Bos is a small lunar impact crater that is joined to the south-southwestern outer rim of the slightly larger crater Tamm. About one crater diameter to the west is Vil'ev. Farther away to the east is the prominent Chaplygin, and to the south-southwest lies Marconi. van den Bos is located on the far side of the Moon and cannot be viewed directly from the Earth. This is a shallow crater formation with some wear along its rim. It has nearly merged with the neighboring Tamm, and the length of the common rim is almost two-thirds the diameter of van den Bos. The interior floor has a series of rilles across the surface. These are usually formed by cooling sheets of basaltic lava Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ..., although it has been hypothesized that the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1663 Van Den Bos
1663 van den Bos, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid and an exceptionally slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 August 1926, by English astronomer Harry Edwin Wood at Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. It was later named after astronomer Willem Hendrik van den Bos. Orbit and classification The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,224 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 5 ° with respect to the ecliptic. In March 2082, ''van den Bos'' will pass 29 Amphitrite at a distance of . The body's observation arc begins with a post-recovery observation taken at Johannesburg in 1936, when it was also identified as , which is a full decade after its official discovery observation from 1926. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Van Den Bos
Ricardo van den Bos (born 17 November 1984) is a Dutch kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Zwolle. He is a four time WBC International Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion and the Dutch Amateur Boxing Heavyweight Champion of 2010. Career Van den Bos was initially set to fight Marvin Eastman for the vacant WPMF World Super Heavyweight (+95.454 kg/210.4 lb) Championship at ''Muaythai Superfight'' in Pattaya, Thailand on May 13, 2013. The event was pushed back to June 14, 2013, however, and he KO'd Eastman to take the belt. He was on the receiving end of a brutal first round KO from Raul Cătinaș the ''SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination'' in Ploiești, Romania on November 9, 2013. Titles * 2013 WPMF World Super Heavyweight Champion * 2010 Dutch Amateur Boxing Heavyweight Champion * 2006 WBC Muaythai International Heavyweight Champion (3 title defenses) * 2001 Dutch Amateur Boxing Super Middleweight Champion Kickboxing record , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Van Den Bos
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Michiel Van Den Bos
Michiel "M.C.A." van den Bos (born 23 May 1975) is a Dutch musician who composes primarily for Epic Games and Triumph Studios. He began composing on the Commodore 64 and Amiga before making the transition to composing professional soundtracks for video games such as '' Unreal'', ''Unreal Tournament'', ''Deus Ex'', and the ''Overlord'' series. His most recent project is the soundtrack of '' Age of Wonders: Planetfall''. According to an interview, his influences are LTJ Bukem, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Martin Galway, Underworld, Rob Hubbard, Jeroen Tel, Ben Daglish, Carcass, At the Gates, Insomnium, PFM and Artemis. Van den Bos is also an active indie/alternative DJ. Video game credits * 1998 – '' Unreal'' (and the mission pack, '' Return to Na Pali'') * 1999 – '' Age of Wonders'' * 1999 – ''Unreal Tournament'' * 2000 – ''Deus Ex'' * 2007 – ''Overlord'' * 2007 – '' Overlord: Raising Hell'' * 2009 – '' Overlord: Dark Legend'' * 2009 – ''Overlord II'' * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
