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Pretorius
Pretorius is a common Afrikaans surname. Recorded in several forms (including ''Praetor'', ''Praetorius'', ''Pratorius'', ''Pretorius'', (German), and in English ''Preater'', ''Preter'' and ''Pretor''), Pretorius is a surname of Germanic origins, although the ultimate origin is the Roman (Latin) word "praetor". This literally meant "leader", but was used in Imperial Rome to describe officials who led processions, as well as the Praetorian Guard, who provided the security for the Senate and the Imperial Roman family. Although apparently first recorded in England several centuries before Germany, which is probably because of lost medieval records, it is rare in England, although now found in some numbers in Austria, Switzerland and South Africa. People with the surname Pretorius *André Pretorius, South African rugby player *Andries Pretorius (1798–1853), Boer leader *Andries Pretorius (rugby player), South African rugby player *Karla Pretorius (1990-) South African and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Pretorius
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 179823 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa. The large city of Pretoria, executive capital of South Africa, is named after him. Early life and background Pretorius was educated at home and although a school education wasn't a priority on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, he was literate enough to read the Bible and write his thoughts down on paper. Pretorius had five children, the eldest of whom, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, later became the first President of the South African Republic (Transvaal). Pretorius descended from the line of the earliest Dutch settlers in the Cape Colony. He belonged to the fifth generation of the progenitor, Johannes Pretorius son of Reverend Wessel Schulte of the Netherlands. Schulte in his time as a theology student at the University of Leide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Septimus Pretorius
Septimus Pretorius is a fictional character who appears in the Universal film ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935). He is played by British stage and film actor Ernest Thesiger. Some sources claim he was originally to have been played by Bela Lugosi or Claude Rains. Others indicate that the part was conceived specifically for Thesiger. Character overview Doctor Pretorius is a renegade mad scientist who persuades Henry Frankenstein to resume his experiments with bringing dead flesh to life. An amoral egomaniac, he has no regard for human life or ethics and cares only for his own prestige as a scientist. Along with his sinister qualities, Pretorius is responsible for a large share of the film's dark humor. He eats a picnic dinner in a crypt, trades prissy banter with the Monster, and laments that the tiny ballerina he created "will only dance to Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song'". He claims that gin is his only weakness. Then later in the film, he claims his cigars are his only weakness whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Pretorius
Frans Pretorius (born 31 July 1973) is a South African and Canadian physicist, specializing in computer simulations in astrophysics and numerical solutions of Einstein's field equations. He is professor of physics at Princeton University and director of the Princeton Gravity Initiative. Biography Pretorius sat for a B.Sc. in computer engineering in 1996 and an M.Sc. in physics in 1999 for his thesis, entitled ''Topics in Black Hole Physics'' under Werner Israel, at the University of Victoria. He defended his Ph.D. in 2002 under Matthew Choptuik at the University of British Columbia. For his doctoral dissertation on numerical simulation of gravitational collapse, Pretorius received the 2003 Nicholas Metropolis Award of the American Physical Society. From 2002 to 2005 he was a Richard Chase Tolman Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. He then became an assistant professor in 2005 at the University of Alberta and in 2007 at Princeton University. Research His research deals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner (or "Boer"), he helped establish the South African Republic (''Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek'' or ZAR; also referred to as Transvaal), was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution. He was born in Cape Colony, then accompanied his father, the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius in the migration to the interior. After the death of his father in 1853, he was appointed to succeed him as Commandant-General of the Boer settlers around the city of Potchefstroom and moved from his farm, Kalkheuwel, near Broederstroom, to Potchefstroom. He was Commandant-General of Potchefstroom from 1853 through 1856. Political offices In 1857, the nascent ZAR elected Pretorius as its first President. However, in 1859, in an effort to create closer bonds with the Orange Free State, he also became State President of the Orange Free State. This created tensio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwaine Pretorius
Dwaine Pretorius (born 29 March 1989) is a former South African international cricketer who currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe and for North West in domestic cricket as a bowling all-rounder. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 9 January 2023. Domestic and T20 career He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In October 2018, he was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In April 2019, Pretorius was signed by Northamptonshire to play in the 2019 t20 Blast tournament in England. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Beyond (film)
''From Beyond'' is a 1986 American Science fiction film, science-fiction List of body horror media, body horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, loosely based on the From Beyond (short story), short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written by Dennis Paoli, Gordon and Brian Yuzna, and stars Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree and Ted Sorel. ''From Beyond'' centers on a pair of scientists attempting to stimulate the pineal gland with a device called the Resonator, with the unforeseen result of their perceiving creatures from another dimension. The creatures drag the head scientist into their world, returning him as a grotesque shape-shifting monster that preys upon the others at the laboratory. Plot Scientist Dr. Edward Pretorius has developed the Resonator, a machine that allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. His assistant, Dr. Crawford Tillinghast, activates the machine and sees strange creatures in the air. He is bitten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Pretorius
Karla Pretorius (née Mostert; born 12 March 1990) is a South African netball player, currently playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning and the South Africa SPAR Proteas Netball. She plays in the positions of Goal Defence (GD) and Wing Defence (WD). International Career - Team Bath and Sunshine Coast Lightning Before joining the Sunshine Coast Lightning, Pretorius played for the UK based Team Bath in the Netball Superleaguealongside fellow Protea teammate Lenize Potgieter. Pretorius currently plays for Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Australian Super Netball league, and has won back-to-back premierships with the club (in 2017 and 2018). In 2017 she won the MVP award for her performance in the Grand Final. She then shared the club's Player of the Year award with teammate Stephanie Wood for their performance in the 2018 season. She was named in the Super Netball team of the year 2018. She is the first South African to feature in the Super Netball league. Unlike South Africa, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Pretorius
Ryan Pretorius (born 2 May 1979) is a South African former rugby union player and American football place kicker with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was raised in Durban, South Africa, and played rugby union professionally before attending Ohio State University to play American football. Early life Pretorius was born in Rhodesia and is the grandson of Joe Pretorius, a rugby player who played internationally for Zimbabwe national rugby union team, Rhodesia and was part of their 1949 Rhodesia vs New Zealand rugby union match, 1949 10–8 victory over the All Blacks. Pretorius and his family fled to Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ..., South Africa, in 1983 after a Zimbabwe Republic Police officer threatened him and his father with an AK-47. He settled with his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Pretorius
André Stefan Pretorius (born 29 December 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union footballer that played professionally between 1999 and 2014. His usual position was at fly-half. He has been capped by his country's national side, the Springboks and was a member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad that was crowned world champions. He spent the first decade of his career (between 1999 and 2009) in Johannesburg, where he played Super Rugby and the (initially known as the ) and domestic South African provincial rugby for the , returning there for another spell in 2011. He also played with the and the and had spells at French clubs Toulon and Carcassonne. Career Pretorius made his international debut for the Springboks on 8 June 2002 at fly-half against Wales at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. The Springboks won 34–19, with Pretorius kicking three conversions and one penalty goal. He played in the subsequent 19–8 victory over the Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarel Pretorius
Sarel Johannes Pretorius (born 18 April 1984) is a South African rugby player who plays at scrum half for the in the Pro14. During 2007–2011 he played in the Currie Cup for Griquas and made his Super Rugby debut for the in 2009 against the Western Force. In 2010 and 2011 he played in every match. In the 2011 Super Rugby competition he equalled Bjorn Basson from the Bulls as the top tryscorer with nine tries. In 2008 he played for the Emerging Springboks and in 2009 he played for the Royal XV against the touring British and Irish Lions. Pretorius signed for the Waratahs for two years starting in 2012. After just a single season, however, he returned in 2013 to the to play Super Rugby again for them. In January 2015, Pretorius announced that he would join the Welsh regional team the Dragons at the end of the 2014–2015 season. He was released by the Dragons at the end of the 2017-18 season. On 20 March 2018, Pretorius returns home to South Africa to join newly Pro14 sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Pretorius
Mark Pretorius (born 30 April in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an evangelical theologian, philosopher and metaphysician. He holds the following degrees: a BTh (South African Theological Seminary), a BTh Hons (University of Zululand), an M.A. in biblical studies (University of Johannesburg), and a PhD in systematic theology (University of Pretoria). Pretorius was a senior academic at the South African Theological Seminary, and currently a research associate in the department of systematic theology at the University of Pretoria.Dogmatics and Christian Ethics Department, University of Pretoria Research focus Pretorius's doctoral work encompasses the interaction between |
Kosie Pretorius
Jacobus Willem Francois Pretorius, commonly known as Kosie Pretorius (5 September 1935CV at Namibian Parliament website – 14 July 2017), was a n politician. He was the Chairman of the party, which mainly represents conservative , and was a member of the |
