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Wessels
Wessels is a Dutch and Low German patronimic surname, where it was originally a Norman Viking surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Albert Wessels (1908–1991), South African industrialist *André Weßels (born 1981), German fencer * Andreas Wessels (born 1964), German football goalkeeper * Bredell Wessels (born 1995), Namibian cricketer * Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch heavy metal singer * Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (1851–1924), South African politician and statesman * Cornelius Wessels (1880–1964), Dutch Jesuit and historian *David Wessels (born 1982), South African rugby coach * (1946–2017), Dutch billionaire, of VolkerWessels * Dirck Wessels (1638–1717), New Netherland colonist * Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibian rugby player *Glenn Wessels (c. 1932 – 1982), South African-born American painter *Jaap Wessels (1939–2009), Dutch mathematician *Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936), Dutch plant taxonomist * Johan Wessels (born 1988), South African r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor. He was a left-handed opening batsman. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State, Western Province, Northern Transvaal, Eastern Province and Griqualand West in South Africa, for Queensland in Australia and Sussex in England. In 2008, he coached the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings and later returned to coaching in South Africa. Early years Wessels was six years old when he was introduced to the game of cricket. Volsteedt taught him the basics of the game and began to regularly play cricket with him during Sunday visits to the Wessels household. A few years later, Volsteedt became the master in charge of cricket at Grey College, Bloemfontein, and coached Wessels during his playing days for the school's first tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Hermanus Wessels
Sir Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (26 April 1851 Rietfontein, Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty – 1 March 1924 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State) was a South African statesman. Wessels stemmed from an important Orange Free State family clan, dedicated to farming and the Boer way of life. Mainly self-educated, he turned to politics in his early thirties. As a member of the Volksraad he developed his skills as a diplomat and mediator, and was involved in many of the important political decisions the Orange Free State had to make in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1896 he was appointed president of the Volksraad. During the South African War (1899–1902), Wessels was first a member of the war cabinet, and later a member of the Joint Diplomatic Delegation of the Boer Republics sent to Europe and the United States to muster support for the Boer cause. After the war Wessels sided with De Wet and Hertzog and became a cabinet minister in the Free State government. In 1915, the colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Wessels
Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as the former lead vocalist for the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. Background Wessels has been trained in both jazz singing and classical singing. She was first trained in jazz, but later, her instructor suggested classical singing to her. However, Wessels has stated that she found classical training to be very restrictive, and so she likes to do something "in between the classical and the jazz stuff, and if you look at classical music with high vocal lines, then you kind of get to gothic very soon!" Career To Elysium (2000–2005) She joined a gothic metal band named To Elysium around the age of fifteen or sixteen. She mentions in an interview that her parents had to sign a contract because she was still underage. Delain (2004–2021) Wessels became involved with Delain in 2004 when she met Martijn Westerholt formerly of Within Temptation. Since the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Wessels
Stefan Wessels (born 28 February 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Bayern Munich Wessels was a youth team player at Bayern Munich, who progressed through the reserve team and broke into the first-team squad in September 1999 after Bayern lost both goalkeepers Oliver Kahn and Bernd Dreher to injury. Wessels' first game was a 1–1 draw at Ibrox against Rangers in the Champions League. He performed impressively whenever called upon, but was unable to dislodge Kahn for more playing time. Wessels was involved in a hugely successful period for Bayern, including the 2001 Champions League win, but eventually left for 1. FC Köln in 2003, seeking first-team football. Between 1999 and 2003, he appeared in a total of eighteen matches for Bayern. 1. FC Köln Wessels' time in Köln was eventful, with the club relegated in his first season, before immediately gaining promotion back to the 1st division and again being relegated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wessels (basketball)
John M. Wessels (February 13, 1938 – December 3, 1994) was an American college basketball standout for Illinois in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A center, Wessels averaged 13.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in his three years of varsity basketball for the Fighting Illini, earning a varsity letter each year. Graduating from Rockford West High School, Wessels led the Warriors to the IHSA state championship during consecutive seasons in 1955 and 1956. High school Wessels was an outstanding high school basketball player at Rockford West High School, where he led the Warriors to consecutive IHSA boys' championships in 1955 and 1956, both seasons with 28-1 records. In his two years of varsity basketball, Wessels scored 1,178 points in 55 of 58 games, averaging 21.4 points per game and named second team all-conference at center. During the 1954-55 season, Wessels' West Warriors would lose only to Rock Island High School during the regular season. Ironically, his team would comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VolkerWessels
Koninklijke VolkerWessels B.V. is a major European construction services business with Netherlands, Dutch-based headquarters. It is owned by the Wessels Family through Reggeborgh Holding. History The company was founded by Adriaan Volker in Sliedrecht in 1854. It merged with Stevin Groep to form ''Volker Stevin'' in 1978 and with Kondor Wessels in 1997 to form ''Volker Wessels Stevin''. It was rebranded ''VolkerWessels'' in 2002. Operations The company is organised into the following divisions: * Building and property development * Infrastructure * VolkerWessels UK * VolkerWessels Canada * Energy, infrastructure technology and telecoms * Supplies and marine services The company is the eponymous sponsor of the VolkerWessels Cycling Team. Major projects Major projects undertaken by the company include the Oosterscheldekering, Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier completed in 1986, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge completed in 2001 and the Euroborg soccer stadium for FC Groningen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riki Wessels
Mattheus Hendrik "Riki" Wessels (born 12 November 1985) is an Australian-English cricketer who most recently played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, Wessels has played for Marylebone Cricket Club, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, and also for the Mid West Rhinos in Zimbabwe and the Sydney Sixers in Australia. He is the son of former South African captain Kepler Wessels, who also played 24 Test matches for Australia. Early life Wessels was born in Queensland, Australia, where his father was playing domestic cricket at the time. After Kepler decided to return to South Africa, Riki grew up in Port Elizabeth. Cricket was not an automatic choice for him, as he was also a keen hockey player, but at 18 he made the decision to pursue a cricket career in England. Cricket career In 2004, Wessels joined the staff at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club where he impressed in the second eleven producing several noticeable scores. This led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Wessels
Glenn Anthony Wessels (1895 – July 23, 1982) was a Cape Colony-born American painter, etcher, lithographer and arts educator. He was a professor at the California College of the Arts, Washington State University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Life Wessels was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony. He emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He attended the University of California, and he was trained by Hans Hofmann in Munich, Germany. Wessels was a painter, etcher, lithographer and arts educator. He was a professor at the California College of the Arts, Washington State University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Wessels was an artistic mentor to notable American painter Thomas Kinkade. Wessels died on July 23, 1982. His artwork is in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Wessels
Jacobus (Jaap) Wessels (19 January 1939 – 30 July 2009) was a Dutch mathematician and Professor of Stochastic Operations Research at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Jo van Nunen and Jaap van der Wal. "Jaap Wessels–his life with stochastic processes." Statistica Neerlandica 54.2 (2000): 116-126. known for his contributions in the field of Markov decision processes.In memoriam prof.dr. Jaap Wessels in: ''Cursor/I'' week 37, 2009. Accessed September 18, 2010. Biography Born in , Wessels started to study Mathematics and Physics at the |
SP Wessels
Stephanus Petrus Wessels (born 9 November 1992) is a South African rugby union player, who last played with the . He plays as a loosehead prop. Rugby career 2009 : Schoolboy rugby Wessels was born in Paarl. He attended Jan Kriel School in Kuils River, a school for Learners with Special Educational Needs (LSEN), from where he was selected in a South African LSEN team that competed at the 2009 Under-18 Craven Week tournament held in East London. He started all three of their matches and scored a try in their match against Boland. 2011 : Western Province In 2011, Wessels made four appearances for the team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship. He started one of those – as a tighthead prop in a 9–all draw against the s – and three appearances as a replacement. 2012 : Griquas Wessels moved to Kimberley for the 2012 season. He started all seven matches for the team in Division B of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, helping them finish in fourth position to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wessels
David Wessels (born 1982), is a South African-Australian professional rugby union football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Melbourne Rebels team that compete in the Super Rugby competition. He was previously head coach at the Western Force, and co-head coach of the Perth Spirit in Australia's National Rugby Championship. South African born, Wessels is a naturalised Australian citizen. Wessels was born in Cape Town, South Africa, he then moved to Johannesburg where he attended St Stithians College before enrolling at Cape Town University. He was a defensive consultant to the Super Rugby team the Stormers in 2008 and 2009, before being appointed as an assistant coach at UCT (Ikeys) in the Varsity Cup from 2009 to 2011. He moved to Australia as a defensive consultant to the Brumbies under head coach Jake White in 2012, and had a significant influence on the rejuvenated Brumbies with the team conceding the fewest points in the Australian Conference and the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Wessels (basketball)
Stefan Wessels (born 13 April 1984) is a Dutch retired basketball player. He is the current General Manager of Heroes Den Bosch. In his playing career, Wessels has played for ABC Amsterdam and Heroes Den Bosch. Wessels also presented the Dutch national basketball team on various tournaments. Professional career Wessels started his professional career in 2004, with the Amsterdam Astronauts of the Dutch top-tier Eredivisie. He was a member of the 2005, 2008 and 2009 championship teams. He also made his appearances in European competitions, as Amsterdam played in the Eurocup and EuroChallenge throughout the years. In 2009, Wessels transferred to EiffelTowers Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponso .... Here, he won his fourth championship in the 2011–12 season. We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
