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Van Der Wal
Van der Wal (or van de Wal, Vander Wal, Vanderwal, van de Wall, VanderWaal) is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampart. In 2007, Van de(r) Wal was the 47th most common surname in the Netherlands (15,646 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames in the Netherlands/ref> In Belgium, the form Van de Walle is more abundant. List People with the name Van de(r) Wal include: * Dolf van der Wal (born 1985), Dutch snowboarder * (born 1981), Dutch road cyclist *Frederique van der Wal (born 1967), Dutch fashion model * Gerrit van der Wal, Dutch president of KLM from 1965 to 1973 *Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), American singer-songwriter *Henk van der Wal (1886–1982), Dutch Olympic runner * Ian Vander-Wal (born 1971), Australian Olympic swimmer *Jan Jaap van der Wal (born 1979), Dutch stand-up comedian *Jannes van der Wal (1956–1996), Dutch/Frisian draughts (checkers) world champ ... [...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] |
Laurel Van Der Wal
Laurel van der Wal (September 22, 1924 – August 13, 2009) was an American aeronautical engineer who is known for contributions to bioastronautics. She was named the ''Los Angeles Times's'' "1960 Woman of the Year in Science" for her contributions to the field. Early life and education Laurel van der Wal was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Lillian and Richard van der Wal, both from Spokane, Washington. Her mother was a former teacher and an alumna of the University of Washington; her father was a businessman. She graduated from high school at age 15, and worked as a model, an art instructor, a deputy sheriff, a showgirl, a railroad switch tower operator, and a casino shill as a young woman. "I am impatient with people who do not make full use of all their capabilities," she explained in 1962. She admired pilots and hoped to earn a pilot license, but instead worked as an aircraft mechanic during World War II, at Hamilton Air Force Base. She decided to pursue further e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wal (other)
WAL or Wal may refer to: Places * Wał, Lublin Voivodeship, village in eastern Poland * Wał, Masovian Voivodeship, village in east-central Poland * Wales, constituent nation of the United Kingdom * Wallonia, Walloon Region of Belgium * Wallops Flight Facility (IATA: WAL), Virginia, USA People Given named * Wal (given name) * Niels Wal Hansen (1892–1973), Dutch sailer Surnamed * Peter Chol Wal, South Sudanese politician * Priya Wal (born 1985), Indian actress * Van der Wal (surname), a Dutch surname which can also be derived as Wal Fictional characters * Wallace Cadwallader "Wal" Footrot, the main character in the ''Footrot Flats'' comic strip * Wal Rus, a Marvel Comics character, a fictional anthropomorphic walrus Brands, groups, organizations, enterprises * Wal (bass), a brand of electric bass guitars, founded by Ian Waller and Pete Stevens * Wal-Mart Stores, a multi-national retailer founded by Sam Walton * World Atlantic Airlines (ICAO: WAL), an airline based in Miami, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Der Waals (other)
Van der Waals or Van der Waal may refer to: People * Fransje van der Waals (born 1950), Dutch medical physician * Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), American singer-songwriter * Henk van der Waal (born 1960), Dutch poet * Joan van der Waals (1920–2022), Dutch physicist * Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923), Dutch physicist * (1912–1950), Dutch spy, in German service during World War II (see Dutch resistance) Physics There are a series of subjects named after Johannes Diderik van der Waals: * Van der Waals force * Van der Waals equation * Van der Waals molecule * Van der Waals radius * Van der Waals surface Other uses * Van der Waals (crater), named after the physicist * Mona Vanderwaal, ''Pretty Little Liars'' character See also *Van der Wal Van der Wal (or van de Wal, Vander Wal, Vanderwal, van de Wall, VanderWaal) is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampart. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Vander Wal
Thomas Vander Wal is an information architect best known for coining the term "folksonomy". He is also known for initiating the term "infocloud". His work has primarily dealt with the World Wide Web, Web and with information design and structure especially in the context of social technology. Personal Vander Wal attended high school at Lincoln High School in Stockton, California, Stockton (California, USA), then went on to get his BA in communication at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California, Moraga. He has also attended the Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies at Oxford and holds a MPP from Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. He currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and son. Concepts Folksonomy Vander Wal is credited with coining the term “folksonomy’ in 2004. Folksonomy is sometimes called collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, or social tagging. It refers to taxonomies created by users applying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Vanderwal
Ron Vanderwal (born 1938) was an American-Australian Archaeologist who specialised in the prehistoric archaeology of the Pacific and New Guinea in particular. He worked at La Trobe University and the Museum of Victoria. He died on 19 July 2021. Vanderwal studied Anthropology at Michigan State University (BA in 1961) and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (MA in 1969). From 1965 to 1969 he was archeologist in Kingston, Jamaica where he help establish a museum at the Institute of Jamaica. He moved to Australia in the 1970s undertaking a PhD in the prehistory of Papua at the Australian National University and subsequently taking on a role at the Tasmanian Museum. He was the first in 1969 to excavate the Yule Island site of Oposisi where the first millennium AD decorated Early Papuan pottery style horizon was defined. He taught archaeology and prehistory at La Trobe University in 1978 with David Frankel in Australian coastal archaeology including fieldwork in remote places suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rence Van Der Wal
Rence van der Wal (born May 2, 1989, in Ede, Gelderland) is a Dutch footballer, who played as a striker at the first division club Go Ahead Eagles from Deventer. Van der Wal made his debut for Go Ahead Eagles on January 13, 2006. He once was wanted by many Eredivisie clubs but he decided to stay with Go Ahead Eagles. His decision was based on a talk he had with Marc Overmars Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer and director of football at Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp FC. He was previously director of football at Ajax. During his football career, he played as a wing ... who also began his career there. Now, he plays for DTS'35 Ede. As of the 2009–2010 season, Rence van der Wal will be playing for Dutch top first division club SC Cambuur. External links Profile 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Ede, Netherlands Footballers from Gelderland Dutch men's footballers Go Ahead Eagles players SC Cambuur players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Vanderwal
Rachael Vanderwal (born 27 June 1983) is a 5'9 (1.75m) former point guard for Great Britain women's national basketball team. She was part of the squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics and part of the England squad that took silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has dual citizenship with Great Britain and Canada. Rachael grew up in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. She figure skated until the age of 12, when she took up the sport of basketball. She played for Bishop Ryan Secondary School in Hamilton winning the provincial championship her final year in 2001. She played for Boston University in the NCAA Division 1 from 2002 to 2006 in the America East Conference. She captained the squad her sophomore, junior and senior years. As a freshman, BU won the America East and went to the NCAA tournament, playing the national champions University of Connecticut in the first round. She received All-Conference first team and All-Defensive team her senior year. She remains in the career top te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Van De Wall
Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the World'' was released in 2014. Afrojack regularly features as one of the ten best artists in the Top 100 DJs published by ''DJ Mag''. He is also the CEO of LDH Europe. Early life Van de Wall was born and raised in Spijkenisse, South Holland, to a Dutch mother and a Surinamese father. He developed an interest in music at an early age and learned to play the piano at the age of five. From a single-parent household, his mother Debbie owned a local gym. After leaving school, Van de Wall studied graphic design at thGrafisch Lyceum Rotterdamin Rotterdam for a year before embarking on a career as a DJ/producer. At the age of 11, he started producing his own tracks from home for "five hours a day," and it took him a good seven years to produce his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marieke Van Der Wal
Marieke van der Wal (born 1979) is a retired Dutch handball goalkeeper. She plays on the Dutch national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ... in Brazil. References 1979 births Living people Dutch female handball players Sportspeople from Delft Expatriate handball players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Lesbian sportswomen Dutch LGBT sportspeople LGBT handball players {{Netherlands-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Van De Wal
Marian van de Wal (born 21 January 1970, Vianen) is a Dutch-Andorran singer and businesswoman who was the representative of Andorra at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Originally from the Netherlands, Van de Wal runs a small hotel in the Andorran town of L'Aldosa. She entered Eurocasting 2005, and was one of three finalists selected to go to the country's national final. On 18 December 2004, in Andorra La Vella, she won the right to sing for Andorra over Mar Capdevila and Ishtar Ruiz. Then, on 22 January 2005, in Sant Julia de Loria, Van de Wal sang three possible songs to represent Andorra, and one of those songs was to be selected by a mix of SMS vote and a local professional jury. The three songs were "No Demanis (Don't ask)", "Dóna'm La Pau (Give Me Peace)", and "La mirada interior (The Inner Glance)". La Mirada won and therefore represented Andorra in Kyiv. Van de Wal failed to qualify for the final, during which she was accompanied by backing vocals from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kody Vanderwal
Kody S. Vanderwal (born January 19, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Means Racing. Racing career Vanderwal's racing career began at the age of 11 at a local dirt track in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where he drove an "Enduro" stock car for several years. Vanderwal started racing Pure Stocks at Colorado National Speedway in 2015 and later went on to run Super Stocks, Pro-Trucks, and Super Late Models. In 2017, Vanderwal was offered a ride in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. He ran a full season, earning two top fives and would go on to finish ninth in points standings. Vanderwal's 2018 season was highlighted by winning both K&N West races at Tucson in May. In 2019, Vanderwal moved from Patriot Motorsports Group to Levin Racing, bringing the No. 43 with him. He qualified on the pole at Colorado, converting it into a second-place finish in the race. In total, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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