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Liebenberg
Liebenberg is a surname, and may refer to: * Adolf von Liebenberg, Austrian scientist * Andreas Liebenberg (1938–1998), South African military officer * Anrune Liebenberg, South African para-athlete * Brian Liebenberg, South African-born French rugby player * Chris Liebenberg, South African banker * Frederik Ludvig Liebenberg (1810–1894), Danish writer and publisher * Gerhardus Liebenberg, South African cricket player * Hanro Liebenberg, South African rugby player * Hercú Liebenberg, South African rugby player * Karl Liebenberg, South African cricket umpire * Lauren Liebenberg, Zimbabwean writer * Lee-Anne Liebenberg, South African model * Petrus Johannes Liebenberg (1857–1950), Boer war general * Riaan Liebenberg, South African paralympic athlete * RJ Liebenberg, South African rugby player * Tiaan Liebenberg, South African rugby player * Wiaan Liebenberg, South African rugby player See also * Liebenberg and Kaplan, an American architectural firm (1920s–1950s) * Liebenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrus Johannes Liebenberg
Petrus Johannes Liebenberg (Piet Liebenberg, 29 September 1857 – 5 March 1950)Grobler 2004, p. 90. was a South Africa, South African Boers, Boer politician for Potchefstroom and a general in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). He successfully invaded the Cape Colony, failed to prevent the British Siege of Mafeking, relief of Mafeking, and fought to the end up to the Battle of Rooiwal. During the First World War Liebenberg criticised the policy of the Louis Botha, Botha government to attack German South West Africa but did not condone the Maritz rebellion. Family and early years Liebenberg was born near Hoopstad in Orange Free State to Christiaan Jacobus Liebenberg and Catharina Petronella van der Westhuizen. In 1874 he lived at the farm Witpoort in the district of Klerksdorp, South African Republic. Liebenberg took part in several military actions against neighbouring black peoples and fought in the First Boer War. In 1896 he represented the district of Potchefstroom in the Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanro Liebenberg
Hanro Liebenberg (born 10 October 1995) is a South African rugby union player for in England's Premiership Rugby. He previously played for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. His regular playing position is number eight and flanker. Liebenberg was a Premiership Rugby champion in 2022, scoring the first try in the final. Career Youth Liebenberg was twice selected to represent Boland at the annual Under-18 Craven Week tournaments; in 2012, he played for them at the tournament held in Port Elizabeth and he once again played in 2013, captaining the side and scoring two tries in their match against the hosts in Polokwane. Blue Bulls / Bulls After finishing school, Liebenberg made the move to Pretoria to join the , following in the footsteps of older brother Wiaan who made the move three years earlier. He represented the side in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship, quickly establishing himself as a key player for the side. He st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liebenberg And Kaplan
Liebenberg and Kaplan (L&K) was a Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis architectural firm founded in 1923 by Jacob J. Liebenberg and Seeman I. Kaplan. Over a fifty-year period, L&K became one of the Twin Cities' most successful architectural firms, best known for designing/redesigning movie theaters. The firm also designed hospitals, places of worship, commercial and institutional buildings, country clubs, prestigious homes, radio and television stations, hotels, and apartment buildings. After designing Temple Israel (Minneapolis), Temple Israel and the Granada Theater in Minneapolis, the firm began specializing in acoustics and theater design and went on to plan the construction and/or renovation of more than 200 movie houses throughout Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Architectural records, original drawings, and plans for some 2,500 Liebenberg and Kaplan projects are available for public use at thNorthwest Architectural Archives Partners Architect Jacob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Liebenberg
Lauren Liebenberg (born 3 August 1972) is a Zimbabwe-born South African writer. Her debut novel ''The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam'' was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008. Her subsequent novels, ''The West Rand Jive Cats Boxing Club'' and ''Cry Baby'', have also received international critical acclaim. Background Liebenberg was born in Rhodesia but as a child left newly independent Zimbabwe for neighbouring South Africa. She attended Brescia House, a Catholic school for girls in Johannesburg. After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of South Africa, she lived in England for some years, before returning to South Africa, where she graduated from the business school of the University of the Witwatersrand with a master's degree in business (MBA). She worked in investment banking and published in the field of financial markets, including a reference book entitled ''The Electronic Financial Markets of the Future'', published in 2002. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Ludvig Liebenberg
Frederik Ludvig Liebenberg (August 16, 1810 – 23 January 1894), was a Danish literary historian, translator, critic and publisher. In Danish. Retrieved 10 January 2010. He is remembered especially for his editions of and . Childhood and education Liebenberg, son of Lutheran pastor and royal confessor, Michael Frederik Liebenberg (1767–1828), was born August 16, 1810, in |
Liebenberg Syndrome
Liebenberg syndrome is a rare autosomal genetic disease that involves a deletion mutation upstream of the PITX1 gene, one that is responsible for the body's organization, specifically in forming lower limbs. In animal studies, when this deletion was introduced to developing birds, their wing buds were noted to take on limb-like structures. The condition was first described by Dr. F. Liebenberg in 1973 while he followed multiple generations of a South African family,Liebenberg, F., 1973. A pedigree with unusual anomalies of the elbows, wrist, and hands in fine generations. S. Afr. Med. J. 47, 745–747. Accessed October 4, 2015. but it has since been noticed in other family lineages across the world. Symptoms and signs People with Liebenberg syndrome suffer from three main symptoms: # Dysplasia (improper formation) of the bony components of the elbow # Abnormal shape of carpal bones # Brachydactyly, a symptom where the fingers and toes are shorter than normal. Phenotype People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercú Liebenberg
Hercúlaas Johannes Liebenberg (born 16 May 1986) is a South African rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is hooker. Career Liebenberg spent the majority of his career at the , making 69 appearances for them in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions and also played six Super Rugby matches for the . In addition, he has played for French side Aurillac Aurillac (; ) is the prefecture of the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Geography Aurillac is at above sea level and located at the foot of the Cantal mountains in a small sedimentary basin. The city is b ... in 2008–09, for the in 2009 and he also had a brief loan spell at the in 2011. He was released by the at the end of 2014. References 1986 births Living people People from Tsantsabane Local Municipality Afrikaner people South African people of German descent South African rugby union players Rugby union hookers Cheetahs (rugby union) players F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Liebenberg
General Andreas "Kat" Liebenberg (18 April 193823 May 1998) was a South African military commander. He served as General Officer Commanding South African Special Forces (1982–85), Chief of the Army (1985–90) and Chief of the South African Defence Force (1990–93). Military career Liebenberg joined the South African Army in 1955 and, after obtaining a BA Law degree at the University of Stellenbosch, was commissioned in 1961. Liebenberg was posted to London as a military attache in 1969. In 1972, he returned from London to become second in command of the Army Gymnasium. Two years later he was back at Army Headquarters as a Staff Officer before becoming Director Infantry and, in December 1977, as a colonel, Officer Commanding 2 Military Area (later called Sector 10) at Oshakati. He stayed there till January 1980, when he became Director of Operations at Army Headquarters in the rank of brigadier. Liebenberg served as General Officer Commanding South African Special Forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiaan Liebenberg
Christiaan Rudolph Liebenberg (born 18 December 1981) is a South African professional rugby union player who played as a hooker. He started his career at the in 2002 before joining the following year. He made 64 appearances for the Kimberley-based side between 2003 and 2006 and also played Super Rugby for the in 2006. He then played the remainder of his career in Cape Town, where he played domestic rugby for and Super Rugby for the . He also had a short spell at French Top 14 side in 2009. He made his international debut for South Africa on 1 December 2007 against the Barbarians in London, aged 25. He then came up as replacement hooker against Australia in Perth on 8 September 2012 and as replacement hooker the following week against New Zealand in Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Liebenberg
Brian Liebenberg (born 19 September 1979 in Benoni) is a South Africa-born French former rugby union footballer. His usual position is at centre, where he plays for Top 14 club, Stade Français. He was a part of Stade Français' Top 16 victory of 2004, as well as the runner-up of the 2004-05 Top 16 season and the 2004-05 Heineken Cup. He was also a part of France's 2004 Six Nations Championship victory, as well as playing for them during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Liebenberg made his international debut for France in 2003, as a reserve in matches against Romania, and then England, both of which France won. He was promoted to a starting position for the second match against the English, which was lost 45 to 14 at Twickenham. He was then included in France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad, playing in matches against the United States, as well as a reserve against Ireland and the All Blacks. He was capped for France against Ireland in Paris in the 2004 Six Nations Championship, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Liebenberg
Christo Ferro Liebenberg (born 2 October 1934) is a South African banker who was Minister for Finance of South Africa, from 19 September 1994 to 4 April 1996, in the government of national unity chaired by Nelson Mandela. Early life and education He was born in Touws River in the Western Cape to Christiaan Rudolf Liebenberg and Helene Henrietta Griessel. His father worked on the railway lines. Touws River was one of the biggest railway junctions of that time in South Africa. He was educated at Worcester Boys' High School, Harvard Business School AMP, INSEAD and Cranfield University. Career He started working at Nedbank in Cape Town in 1952 as a messenger. He became the managing director of Nedbank in Johannesburg from 1988 until 1990 and became Nedbank's CEO that year until 1994 when he retired. In 1991, he was the president of the Institute of Bankers in South Africa. Nelson Mandela asked him to take over from Finance Minister Derek Keys in October 1994. As he was not affil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiaan Liebenberg
Willem Andries Liebenberg (born 31 August 1992) is a South African former rugby union player, who mainly played as a flanker for Blue Bulls then Top 14 sides Montpellier and La Rochelle. Career Provincial rugby He represented the at the Under–18 Academy and Craven Week tournaments in 2009 and 2010 respectively, which led to his inclusion in the South African Under–18 High Performance Squad in 2010. He also moved to the where he played at Under–19 and Under–21 level. He made his debut for the senior team during the 2012 Vodacom Cup in a match against the . He captained the side during the 2015 Varsity Cup and named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament which played one match against the South Africa Under-20s in Stellenbosch. 2012 Junior World Championship Liebenberg was included in and named captain of the South Africa Under-20 squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship. The team went on to win the tournament for the first time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
