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Wilkens
Wilkens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Wilkens (born 1984), German footballer * Carl Wilkens (born c. 1957), American involved in genocide rescue efforts * Elmer Wilkens (1901–1967), American football player * Henry Wilkens (1855–1895), American Medal of Honor recipient * Iman Wilkens (1936-2018), author of ''Where Troy Once Stood'' * Jan Wilkens (born 1943), South African wrestler * Lenny Wilkens (born 1937), American basketball player and coach * Leo Wilkens (1893–1967), Swedish rowing coxswain * Piter Wilkens (born 1959), Dutch musician * Theodoor Wilkens (1690–1748), painter from the Northern Netherlands * Tom Wilkens (born 1975), American swimmer * Toni Wilkens (born 1962), Swedish actor See also * 1688 Wilkens, a main-belt asteroid * '' Automotive Tooling Systems v Wilkens'', a legal case in South African labour law * Wilken * Wilkins * Wickens Wickens is a surname, and may refer to: * Aryness Joy Wickens (1901–1991), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Wilkens
Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team," for which he was an assistant coach. In 1996, Wilkens was named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team, and in 2021 he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In addition, in 2022 he was also named to the list of the 15 Greatest Coaches in NBA History, being the only person to be in both NBA 75th season celebration list as player and coach. He is also a 2006 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Wilkens was a combined 13-time NBA All-Star as a player (nine times) and as a head coach (four times), was the 1993 NBA Coach of the Year, won the 1979 NBA championship as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, and an Olympic gold me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wilkens
Carl Wilkens (born 1958) is an American Christian missionary and the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda. In 1994, he was the only American who chose to remain in the country after the Rwandan genocide began. Since 1978, when he first went to Africa as part of a college volunteer program, Wilkens had already spent 13 years working on the continent. After training as a high-school teacher, he later went back to night school and earned an MBA at the University of Baltimore. Career Beginning of the genocide In early 1994, Wilkens was in Rwanda with his wife and three children. As the Rwandan genocide began, he sent them with a U.S. convoy to Burundi (U.S. officials were afraid to use Kigali's airport, so they evacuated their citizens by cars) and stayed in his home in Kigali. Wilkens knew that he could not leave his friends, many of whom were Tutsis. His family had hired two workers who were Tutsi, Juan and Anita, to help out around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Wilkens
Jan Wilkens (born 4 February 1945 in Johannesburg) is a retired South African professional wrestler who is a former South African Heavyweight Champion and six-time EWU World Super Heavyweight Champion. Career Joint Promotions/Ring Wrestling Stars (1965) Jan Wilkens toured England's Joint Promotions in 1965 and 1966 in his early twenties. On 6 December and 14 December 1965, he defeated Gord Nelson twice by knockout. On 15 December 1965, Wilkens defeated Paul Vachon at the Royal Albert Hall in London On 28 December 1965, he beat Paul Vachon by knockout in Swindon. On 10 January 1966, Wilkens defeated Paul Vachon once again by knockout at the Wembley Stadium. In Bournemouth on 11 January 1966, Wilkens defeated Vachon. On 19 January 1966, he beat Paul Cox at the Royal Albert Hall. On 25 January 1966, Jan Wilkens defeated Paul Vachon in Chelmsford in what would be Wilkens' final match in England. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1973) Jan Wilkens toured New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1973 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1688 Wilkens
1688 Wilkens, provisional designation , is a Mitidika asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 March 1951, by Argentine astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata Observatory in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and named after astronomer Alexander Wilkens. Classification and orbit ''Wilkens'' has been identified as a member of the Mitidika family, a dispersed asteroid family of typically carbonaceous C-type asteroids. The family is named after 2262 Mitidika (diameter of 9 km) and consists of 653 known members, the largest ones being 404 Arsinoë (95 km) and 5079 Brubeck (17 km). It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.0–3.3 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,547 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.24 and an inclination of 12 ° with respect to the ecliptic. As no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iman Wilkens
''Where Troy Once Stood'' is a 1990 book by Iman Jacob Wilkens that argues that the city of Troy was located in England and that the Trojan War was fought between groups of Celts. The standard view is that Troy is located near the Dardanelles in Turkey. Wilkens claims that Homer's ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'', though products of ancient Greek culture, are originally orally transmitted epic poems from Western Europe. Wilkens disagrees with conventional ideas about the historicity of the ''Iliad'' and the location and participants of the Trojan War. His work has had little impact among professional scholars. Anthony Snodgrass, Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge University, has named Wilkens as an example of an "infinitely less-serious" writer. The title of his book comes from the Roman poet Ovid: "Now there are fields where Troy once stood..." (Latin: ''Iam seges est, ubi Troia fuit…'', Ovid, ''Heroides'' 1.1.53) Wilkens' arguments Wilkens argues that Troy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wilkens
Henry Wilkens (1855 – August 2, 1895) was a German-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 2nd U.S. Cavalry during the Nez Perce War. In the summer of 1877, he received the Medal of Honor for two separate engagements, Little Muddy Creek and Camas Meadows, against Lame Deer and the Nez Perce in the Idaho Territory. Wilkens was one of four men who received the award for taking part in the battle of Little Muddy Creek.Beyer, Walter F. and Oscar Frederick Keydel, ed. ''Deeds of Valor: From Records in the Archives of the United States Government; how American Heroes Won the Medal of Honor; History of Our Recent Wars and Explorations, from Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men who Were Rewarded by Congress for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery on the Battle-field, on the High Seas and in Arctic Explorations''. Vol. 2. Detroit: Perrien-Keydel Company, 1906. (pg. 234)Hannings, Bud. ''A Portrait of the Stars and Stripes''. Glenside, Pennsylvania: Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoor Wilkens
Theodoor Wilkens or Theodorus Wilkens (alias Goedewil) (1690, Amsterdam – 1748, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century painter and draughtsman from the Dutch Republic who specialised in landscapes. Biography Nothing is known about his apprenticeship.Biographical details on Hadrianus He travelled to Rome in 1710 or 1711.Theodoor Wilkens in the RKDTheodoor Wilkens in Bentvueghel poem in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital libra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wilkens
Thomas Peter Wilkens (born November 25, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. Wilkens represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He received a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:00.87. He also competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 200-meter breaststroke, but did not advance.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Tom Wilkens Retrieved November 6, 2012. The breaststroker was one of the featured swimmers in P.H. Mullen's book ''Gold in the Water''. Wilkens grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, while swimming at the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club. He attended Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, and graduated from Stanford University.Frank Litsky, Swimming: National Spring Championship; Wilkens Didn't Expect This Much Success" ''The New York Times'' (March 31, 1999). Retrieved June 13, 2011. "When To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piter Wilkens
Piter Wilkens (born August 26, 1959 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands) is a singer, guitarist, composer, lyricist, and producer who performs mainly in his native West Frisian language. His performances are often solo, but he also performs with a back up band. His repertoire is a traditional ballad and folk styles mixed with rock and pop, typically penned himself. Wilkens performed with the pioneering Frisian pop band Okke Hel from 1979 until 1986, when he went solo. Besides his touring in the Netherlands, he has toured in the United States, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, and Ireland. He has shared a stage with many other performers, including De Kast, Rients Gratama, Gé Reinders and the Noord Nederlands Orkest Het Noord Nederlands Orkest (NNO; English, North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Groningen. The NNO performs at ''De Oosterpoort'' in Groningen and also on a regular basis at these venues in the provinces o ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Wilkens
Leo Wilhelm "Willie" Wilkens (25 November 1893 – 4 January 1967) was a Swedish rowing coxswain who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... He won a silver medal in the coxed four, inriggers, and failed to reach the finals of the eight tournament. References 1893 births 1967 deaths Olympic rowers of Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Swedish male rowers Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Coxswains (rowing) Sportspeople from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automotive Tooling Systems V Wilkens
Automotive II Tooling Systems v Wilkens ''Automotive II Tooling Systems (Pty) Ltd v Wilkens & others'' was an important case in South African labour law, in which the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa confirmed the principle that a restraint of trade would be considered unreasonable and contrary to public policy, and thus unenforceable, if it does not protect some legally recognisable interest of the employer and merely seeks to exclude or eliminate competition. The court further pointed out that the dividing line between the use by an employee of his own skill, knowledge and experience, which he cannot be restrained from using, and the use of his employer's trade secrets or confidential information or other interest, which he may not disclose if bound by a restraint, is often very difficult to define. What must be clear, according to the court, is that the interest is one that might properly be described as belonging to the employer rather than to the employee, and in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Wilkens
Elmer Sutter Wilkens (June 26, 1901 – March 18, 1967) was an American football end in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers during the 1925 NFL season The 1925 NFL season was the sixth regular season (NFL), regular season of the National Football League. Five new teams entered the league: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers (NFL), Detroit Panthers, Pottsville Maroons, Providence Steam Roller, a .... References External links * Players of American football from Fort Wayne, Indiana Green Bay Packers players Indiana Hoosiers football players 1901 births 1967 deaths {{Amfoot-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
