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Van Praag
Van Praag () is a surname of Dutch origin, meaning "from Prague". Notable people with the surname include: * Bernard van Praag (born 1939), Dutch economist professor * Henri van Praag (1916–1988), Dutch educator, philosopher, and theologian * Herman van Praag (born 1929), Dutch psychiatrist * Jaap van Praag (1910–1987), Dutch football administrator * Jaap van Praag (1911–1981), Dutch humanist professor * Lionel Van Praag (1908–1987), Australian motorcycle speedway champion * Louis van Praag (1926–1993), British industrial designer * Marga van Praag (born 1946), Dutch journalist * Menna van Praag (born 1978), British author * Michael van Praag Michael van Praag (born 28 September 1947) is a Dutch association football, football Administrator (business), administrator and former referee (association football), referee. He was the Royal Dutch Football Association, President of the Royal ... (born 1947), Dutch football administrator * Siegfried van Praag (1899–2002), D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Van Praag
Bernard Marinus Siegfried van Praag (Amsterdam, 28 February 1939) is a Dutch economist, and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Amsterdam, noted for researching the measurement of welfare, as well-being and happiness. Biography Bernard van Praag was born in 1939 into a Jewish family from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is the second son of Jonas Andries (1895-1969) and Henriette Emma van Praag (1901-?). His family went into hiding during the World War II in the Netherlands and survived The Holocaust, although many family members perished in the extermination camps Auschwitz and Sobibor. He grew up in Bloemendaal and has one older brother, Herman Bernard Jonas (born 1934). He studied econometrics at the University of Amsterdam, where he received a Ph.D. degree ''cum laude'' in 1968. Van Praag was appointed professor at the Free University of Brussels in 1969, then in 1970 associate professor at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, professor of economics at the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Van Praag
Naphthali ben Levi (Henri) van Praag (September 12, 1916 in AmsterdamNovember 3, 1988 in Hilversum) was a Jewish-Dutch writer, teacher, and religious historian, and became known also for his publications in the field of parapsychology. Childhood and education Van Praag was the son of Esther Van Praag and diamond cutter Louis (Levi) van Praag. The family was Jewish but not religious. The family moved to Antwerp, where Van Praag attended elementary and high school. In 1931 the family Van Praag was again registered in Amsterdam, and Henri attended the five-year course at the municipal training college (diploma 1936), where he met Leny van Huystee, whom he married in 1947. In 1938 he received his certificate of competency as headmaster, and in 1939 a teaching certificate in French. At this time his interest in mysticism led him to read Chinese sage Li, a Jewish mystic whose name he never mentioned, the theologian J. Eykman (1892-1945) and the philosopher-physicist-educator Dr Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Van Praag
Herman Meïr van Praag (born 17 October 1929) is a Dutch psychiatrist. He was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Groningen, Utrecht University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Maastricht University. Van Praag is considered the founder of biological psychiatry in the Netherlands. After his retirement he has written extensively on religiosity. Life Early life Van Praag was born on 17 October 1929 in Schiedam. Van Praag is Jewish. His grandparents on both sides were among the first Zionists in the Netherlands, while his parents were non-religious. During the German occupation of the Netherlands his father, an engineer and jurist for the government was fired. Van Praag himself was taken by the Ordnungspolizei from his primary school in 1942. Between 1942 and 1945 he imprisoned in camp Barneveld and later in Westerbork transit camp and Theresienstadt concentration camp. Together with his parents and sister he survived the war. He returned from Theresienstadt two mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Van Praag (football Administrator)
Jacob (Jaap) van Praag (; 10 July 1910 – 7 August 1987) was a Dutch football administrator and chairman for local football club Ajax Amsterdam. Early life Jaap van Praag began his professional career working in the musical business of his father in Amsterdam, where he was born. Unlike his father, he saw great potential in the gramophone record and started his own business on the Spui downtown, called His Master's Voice. He was forced into hiding due to the persecution of Jews during World War II where he first found refuge staying with the uncle of former Ajax player Wim Schoevaart. Two and a half years later he was hiding over a photo store on the . He was forced to sit still in a chair, motionless, and not move, because the owner of the store did not even know he was there. His first wife during this time was not Jewish and did not go into hiding with him, and left him for another man during this period. The parents of Jaap van Praag and his sister were murdered in Auschwit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Van Praag
Jacob Philip (Jaap) van Praag (born 11 May 1911 in Amsterdam – died 12 April 1981 in Utrecht) was a Dutch humanist who played a prominent role in establishing the Dutch Humanist League. He was its chairman from 1946 to 1969. And, from 1954 to 1974, he was a member of a provincial Executive. Van Praag was one of the first professors in Humanist studies in University of Leiden (1964–1979). He played a major role in the founding of the International Humanist and Ethical Union Humanists International (known as the International Humanist and Ethical Union, or IHEU, from 1952–2019) is an international non-governmental organisation championing secularism and human rights, motivated by secular humanist values. Foun ... and was its chairman from inception in 1952 until 1975. Name confusion There is another Jaap van Praag, his namesake, a football administrator and former chairman of local football club Ajax Amsterdam with whom he is often confused. Both were around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Van Praag
Lionel Maurice Van Praag, GM (17 December 1908 – 15 May 1987) was an Australian motorcycle speedway champion, who won the inaugural Speedway World Championship in London on 10 September 1936. Van Praag's victory saw him established as Australia's first ever motorsport World Champion. 1931 UK Southern League Champion In his first full season in British speedway, Lionel was a member of the Wembley Lions team that won the last ever Southern League and the National Trophy in 1931. 1932 UK National League Champion Lionel won the inaugural National League title in 1932 with the Wembley Lions 1936 World Speedway Final Circumstances Lionel won the run-off for the Speedway World Championship against Eric Langton in 1936 in somewhat controversial circumstances. The Championship was decided by bonus points accumulated in previous rounds. Despite being unbeaten in the final, Bluey Wilkinson was not crowned Champion. Bonus points accumulated by Van Praag and Langton took them to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Van Praag
Louis van Praag CBE (1921–1993) was a British fashion and industrial designer, described as an influence on a generation of British designers from the 1960s onward. Van Praag played a major role in the development of design education in Britain over several decades. A lecturer at the capital's Royal College of Art, he was made chairman of the British government's Committee for Managing Design, and awarded the 1989 Bicentenary Medal by the Royal Society of Arts. His portrait hangs in Britain's National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pragg, Louis van 1926 births 1993 deaths British industrial designers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marga Van Praag
Marga van Praag (born 14 September 1946) is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. Van Praag attended the academy of dramatic art in Amsterdam, and worked for VARA television from 1968 onwards. She was the host of the television programs ''Fanclub'' and ''De Jonge Onderzoekers'' (The Young Researchers), and did editing work for the shows ''Twee voor Twaalf'' (Two to Twelve) and ''Hoe bestaat het?'' (freely translated: ''How can it be?''). In 1981, she joined the NOS to work on the children's news programme ''Jeugdjournaal'' (Youth Journal) as a reporter and presenter, later becoming a commentator. She switched to the main ''NOS Journaal'' in 1996 as an anchor and latterly, a features reporter and commentator. Van Praag announced her departure from the NOS in October 2008 and signed off from her final ''NOS Journaal'' report on 7 November 2008. At a farewell party, she was made a knight (5th grade) of the Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menna Van Praag
Menna van Praag is an English novelist and writing educator. Her magical realism novels include ''The House at the End of Hope Street'' (2013), ''The Dress Shop of Dreams'' (2014), and ''The Sisters Grimm'' trilogy (2020 - 2023). Biography Menna van Praag was born in Cambridge and studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford. She worked as a waitress for a decade before becoming a writer, and was a script reader and editor for BBC Film and BBC Television. She teaches at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education and in the Creative Writing program at Anglia Ruskin University. She has cited magical realism as her favorite genre and Alice Hoffman, Isabelle Allende, Laura Esquivel, Sarah Addison Allen, and Barbara O'Neal as favorite authors in that genre. Her novella, a fable, ''Men, Money and Chocolate'' (2009) has been translated into 26 languages. Her novel, ''The House at the End of Hope Street'' was published in 2013. Her next novel, ''The Dres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Van Praag
Michael van Praag (born 28 September 1947) is a Dutch association football, football Administrator (business), administrator and former referee (association football), referee. He was the Royal Dutch Football Association, President of the Royal Dutch Football Association since 27 August 2008 to December 2019 and a UEFA, Vice President of the UEFA since 30 June 2015. Van Praag previously served as AFC Ajax, Chairman of AFC Ajax from 1989 until 2003. Career Van Praag was born in Amsterdam. He was Chairman of AFC Ajax from 1989 until mid-2003. His father, Jaap van Praag (football administrator), Jaap van Praag, was also Chairman of the Amsterdam club from 1964 until 1978. Originally Van Praag was a referee (association football), referee in the Dutch football league system, Amateur football leagues of the Netherlands and he later made his fortune with his franchise electronic stores that were situated in various airports before he became the chairman of the club. The period in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Van Praag
Siegfried Emanuel van Praag (8 August 1899 in Amsterdam – 16 March 2002 in Brussels), was a prolific Dutch writer of more than 60 books. Life He was born to Jewish parents and was the youngest of three sons. His father, Herman van Praag, worked in the diamond trade. His mother's name was Grietje de Jongh. Apart from his Dutch and Jewish cultural roots, Siegfried's education also introduced him to French language and culture. He pursued French studies at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, after which he became a lecturer at the Hogereburgerscholen in Purmerend. In the same year that Van Praag published his first novel ''De Weegschaal'', he also married Hilda Sanders, a journalist. These new changes in his life came at the expense of his teaching career, which was abandoned for the time being. Still he remained active as an academic by publishing articles that were primarily concerned with Jewish and French literature. Also, his wife's profession may have introduced him to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
