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Verhoef
Verhoef is a Dutch toponymic surname. The name is a contraction of ''van der Hoef'', meaning "from the homestead". at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include: * Chris Verhoef (born 1962), Dutch computer scientist * (born 1968), Dutch writer * Maartje Verhoef (born 1997), Dutch fashion model * Pieter Verhoef (1914–2013), South African theologian * |
Chris Verhoef
Christopher (Chris) Verhoef (born 1962) is a Dutch computer scientist, and Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Biography Born in Kedichem in 1962, Verhoef received his PhD in computer science at the University of Amsterdam in 1992 under supervision of Jan Bergstra with the thesis "Linear unary operators in process algebra." Verhoef had done his graduate work at the Programming Research Group of the University of Amsterdam, where in 1990 he had published his first report "On the register operator." Early 1990s he joined the Department of Mathematics and Computing Science of Eindhoven University of Technology. One of his first research interests was the Algebra of Communicating Processes, an "algebraic theory to describe processes that can communicate." This field was initially developed by Jan Bergstra and Jan Willem Klop in 1982. With Alban Ponse and Bas van Vlijmen, Verhoef initiated the first two International Workshops on the Algebra of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toon Verhoef
Anthonie Wilhelmus (Toon) Verhoef (born Voorburg, October 17, 1946) is a Dutch painter, ceramist and art lecturer. Biography Verhoef attended the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 1965-1966, and studied art history at the University of South Africa in Johannesburg from 1966 to 1968. Subsequently, he received further art education at the Ateliers '63 in Haarlem from 1968 to 1970. Verhoef settled as independent artist and over the years worked in Eindhoven, Buenos Aires in Argentina, Wales, Amsterdam, Johannesburg (South-Africa), Haarlem, Edam, New York City, and Hanover (New Hampshire). In 1975 he was appointed art lecturer at the De Ateliers in Amsterdam, where he lecturer until 2003. From 1981 to 1984 he also lectured at the Academie Minerva in Groningen; at the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming Tilburg (ABV) in 1983-1984; at the Villa Arson in Nice in 1983-1984, and at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe from 2009 to 2014. Verhoef was awarded the Buning Bronger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maartje Verhoef
Maartje Verhoef (born 5 September 1997) is a Dutch fashion model. Career Maartje Verhoef was discovered when a photographer who worked at her father's company asked her to replace a model who called in sick for a photoshoot. The photographer sent the pictures to Micha Models, which would become her mother agency. Verhoef started her fashion career in September 2012, by opening the Prada Spring/Summer 2013 runway show in Milan, as an exclusive. She also starred in the Prada ad campaign that season, shot by Steven Meisel. She became the top walker of the Spring/Summer 2014 season, when she walked 66 runway shows. Verhoef has walked in runway shows for the designers Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Alexander Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Vera Wang, Tom Ford, DKNY, Donna Karan, Jil Sander, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Max Mara, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Versace, Balenciaga, Dior, Viktor & Rolf, Hermès, Miu Miu, Valentino, Louis V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verhoeff
Verhoeff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Frederick Herman Verhoeff (1874–1968), American ophthalmic surgeon who developed Verhoeff's stain * Hendrik Verhoeff (c. 1645–1680), Dutch silversmith and assassin * Jacobus Verhoeff (1927–2018), Dutch mathematician * John M. Verhoeff, of the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–92 * Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff (1867–1944), German zoologist * Pieter Verhoeff (1938–2019), Dutch film director * Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff (c. 1573–1609), Dutch captain of the Admiralty of Amsterdam See also * Verhoeff algorithm, a check digit algorithm invented by Jacobus Verhoeff * Verhoef, a related surname * Verhoeven Verhoeven is a noble toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The name is a contraction of van der Hoeven, meaning "from the homestead". In 2007, Verhoeven was the 44th most common name in the Netherlands (15,902 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnam ... {{surname, Verhoeff Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Verhoef
Pieter Adriaan Verhoef (25 April 1914–18 January 2013) was a South African theologian and professor at Stellenbosch University. He was dean of Stellenbosch's Faculty of Theology from 1975–1979. Verhoef was part of the editorial board that made the 1983 translation of the Bible into Afrikaans by the South African Bible Society. Verhoef earned a doctorate from the Free University in Amsterdam and an MA in Semitic Languages from Potchefstroom University. In 1988, he earned Honorary Doctorates from both Potchefstroom University (in addition to his MA) as well as the University of the Orange Free State The University of the Free State is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It was first established as an institution of higher learning in 1904 as a tertiary se .... Bibliography *''The Books of Haggai and Malachi'' NICOT (Eerdmans, 1987) References External linksTribute by Prof H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schalk Verhoef
Schalk Verhoef (5 August 1935 – 18 January 1997) was a Dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1957 UCI Road World Championships. He was Dutch champion in 1955. He also won the Ronde van Zeeland in 1957 and individual stages of the Olympia's Tour (1956, 1957) and Ronde van Nederland The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948 in sports, 1948. It's an annual race since 1975 in sports, 1975. Because of the start of the Union Cycliste Intern ... (1960). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Verhoef, Schalk 1935 births 1997 deaths Dutch male cyclists Cyclists from Rotterdam UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verhoeven
Verhoeven is a noble toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The name is a contraction of van der Hoeven, meaning "from the homestead". In 2007, Verhoeven was the 44th most common name in the Netherlands (15,902 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames in the Netherlands/ref> People with this surname include: *Willem Verhoeven (1590-1643), Dutch privateer *Abraham Verhoeven (1575–1652), Flemish newspaper publisher *Arthur Verhoeven (1889–1958), Belgian composer and organist *Aurore Verhoeven (born 1990), French cyclist * Cornelis Verhoeven (1928–2001), Dutch philosopher and writer *Deb Verhoeven, Australian media academic and film critic *Helen Verhoeven (born 1974), Dutch painter and sculptor * (born 1966), Dutch motocross racer *Jeroen Verhoeven (born 1980), Dutch football player * John Verhoeven (fl. 1920), Belgian cyclist * John Verhoeven (born 1953), American baseball pitcher * (born 1985), Dutch sports climber * Julie Verhoeven (born 1969), British illustrator and design ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
