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Roos (surname)
Roos is a surname with multiple origins. In Dutch, Low German, Swiss German and Estonian “Roos” means “Rose” and the surname is often of toponymic origin (e.g. someone lived in a house named “the rose”). In 2007, 8600 people were named Roos and another 2880 “de Roos” in the Netherlands. In the UK, Roos may be of patronymic origin (“Andrews”) or indicating red hair (Old English “Rouse”). The name is also relatively common in Sweden (5,902 people in 2010), Finland (1219 in 2012) and Estonia (934 people in 2019). People with the name "Roos" or "de Roos" include: Academics * Anna Maria Roos (1862–1938), Swedish educator, author, theosophist and songwriter * (1877–1953), Dutch philologist * (1937–2010), Swedish theoretical chemist * Charles F. Roos (1901–1958), American economist * Folkert de Roos (1920–2000), Dutch economist * Göran Roos, Swedish business theorist * Jan-Erik Roos, Swedish mathematician * J P Roos (born 1945), Finnish sociolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. '' Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilla Overbye Roos
Camilla Overbye Roos was born on January 19, 1969, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Born into a family of three generations of filmmakers, she spent most of her childhood at a film studio in Copenhagen. Always interested and observing, it soon became part of her life as well. Growing up she worked every job behind the camera as well as an actress - making her first appearance in a film at age 3. She has worked with such internationally renowned directors as Lars von Trier, David Lynch, Ridley Scott and James Cameron playing Helga in ''Titanic'' (1997). At the age of 14, Camilla joined a travelling circus. She performed with them as a knife thrower for a year. In 1993 she was the first Dane on the cover of ''Life Magazine''. In 2000 she started her own company, Kraka Productions, named after a Viking Myth - producing and directing documentaries for BBC, Arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Melchior Roos
Johann Melchior Roos (December 27, 1663, Heidelberg – 1731, Braunschweig), was a German Baroque painter. Biography According to the RKD He was born in Heidelberg and learned to paint from his father, the landscape painter Johann Heinrich Roos.Johann Melchior Roos in the In 1682-1685 he studied at the drawing academy of the in the Hague, and in 1686 he travelled to Rome where he worked with his brother Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli) in Italy. He is known for Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos (29 September 1631, Otterberg – 3 October 1685, Frankfurt) was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher. Biography His family had emigrated to Amsterdam due to the Thirty Years' War in 1640. [Baidu] |
Joanna Roos
Joanna Roos (born Dorothy Roos, January 11, 1901 – May 13, 1989) was an American Broadway, radio, and television actress and a playwright. She was born in Brooklyn in 1901 and attended Syracuse University as well as Yvette Guilbert's School in New York and Paris. Early years Roos was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Roos of Upper Montclair, New Jersey. She was born in Brooklyn, and her family moved to Syracuse when she was 10 years old. She completed high school in Syracuse and earned a bachelor of arts degree from Syracuse University. She earned money for her college expenses by working as a stenographer at ''The Post-Standard'', a Syracuse newspaper and by giving readings with touring Lyceum companies. After Roos graduated from college, she studied at Yvette Guilbert's School of the Theatre. Career Roos's professional theatrical debut occurred in May 1921 in a performance of ''The Harlequinade'' at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. In 1930, Roos performed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Roos
Jennifer Roos (born July 17, 1971) was the head women's basketball coach for the Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team from 2012 through 2018. Early life Roos is from Louisville, Kentucky. She played basketball, field hockey, and lacrosse for Davidson. She earned her degree in history from Davidson University in 1993. Coaching career Early in her career Roos was an assistant at Davidson Davidson may refer to: * Davidson (name) * Clan Davidson, a Highland Scottish clan * Davidson Media Group * Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA * Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA * .... Roos was a long time assistant at Bowling Green under Curt Miller from 2001 through 2012. Miller's teams were very successful winning eight MAC titles. On April 16, 2012, she was named Bowling Green's head coach when Miller accepted the head coach position at Indiana. Her initial teams were successful. Bowling Green won 24 games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Roos (painter)
Jan Roos (1591 in Antwerp – 1638 in Genoa), was a Flemish artist who, after training in Antwerp, mainly worked in Italy where he was called Giovanni Rosa. He was known for his still life paintings of flowers and vegetables, mythological and religious scenes and portraits. His style of still life painting had an important influence on the art of the local painters of the Genoese school. Life Jan Roos was the son of a merchant. He studied painting with Jan de Wael from 1605. In 1610 he joined the workshop of Frans Snyders, the important still life and animal painter who had recently returned from Italy.Jan Roos at the There he acquired a mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Roos
Jaime Roos (born November 12, 1953 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan singer, composer and record producer. In 2000, he won a Silver Condor Award for Best Score Musician in El Amateur. He has French blood from his father's side. His grandfather migrated from Germany at the end of 19th century. The drums that go through the Barrio Sur, what the radio broadcasts, the music from the 'tablados' in the carnaval, the Beatles and rock have been some of the influences that he had to create a music with personality and his own signature, that came along with the success that he has in his own country and is extending to an international level. These features make him one of the most popular Uruguayan singers, with great record sales and the tickets to his shows sold out. He lived when he was a kid in a small apartment in the Convención street, meters away from Durazno, corner that he immortalized in one of his most famous songs "Durazno y Convención". His music mixed rock, candombe, mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Roos
Graham Roos FRSA (born 1966, Sheffield, UK) is a director, producer, writer and performer. His work has appeared in print, on stage, television and radio. In 2011 he was appointed the first Creative Artist in Residence at the University of Buckingham. Career Roos was awarded the Art Exhibition to Rugby School and subsequently attended the Great Eastern Stage School before taking his first degree at Buckingham University, where he wrote and directed his first play. After a brief period working for the British Museum, Society for Psychical Research and lecturing in media, Roos devoted himself full-time to writing and performing poetry, joining British poet Victoria Moseley's group, Paradigm Poets, in 1997. During this period he worked alongside budding rock star Pete Doherty, who recorded his time with Roos and Paradigm Poets in his work '' The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty''.http://www.albionarks.com/wiki/The_Books_of_Albion:_The_Collected_Writings_of_ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Roos
Frederick Ried Roos (born May 22, 1934) is an American film producer. Biography Fred Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos. He attended Hollywood High School and subsequently attended University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in theatre arts and motion pictures. He started his career in television as a casting director for ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Later, he produced most of Francis Ford Coppola's films subsequent to ''The Godfather'', including ''Apocalypse Now'' and '' Youth Without Youth''. Roos won the Oscar for Best Film for producing ''The Godfather Part II''. In 2007, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. Filmography As producer (including co-producer and executive producer): * ''The Conversation'' (1974) * ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974) * ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979) * ''The Black Stallion'' (1979) * ''One from the Heart'' (1982) * '' The Outsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewa Roos
Ewa Maria Roos Sevenheim (born 12 June 1949 in Borås) is a Swedish singer and actress. Roos started her career at the age of thirteen when she won a talent search by the radio show ''Landet runt''. She won a lead singer place in the orchestra Bosse Lidéns orkester; she was so young that she needed permission from childcare services to sing at nights and evenings. She recorded her first record called ''Polly'' the same year. In 1963, she won a talent competition hosted by '' Bildjournalen'', and she represented Sweden in a singing competition in Riccone, Italy. She sang the song "I valet och kvalet", which was written by Owe Thörnqvist. In 1968, she entered fourth place on Svensktoppen with the song "Tre små ord och jag förlåter", the same year she had her big breakthrough with the song "Vilken härlig dag". After that followed hit singles "Amors pilar", "Ole Okay", "Ding dång jag hör bröllopsklockor" and "Sjung bort bekymren". She was the very first guest in the televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Roos
Eva Roos, née Vedder (1872–1956) was an artist and illustrator, mainly of children's books. She is believed to have lived and worked in the Hampstead area of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Books illustrated by Roos include: *''East Lynne'' by Mrs Henry Wood published 1900s (?) by Collins, London. Features 8 illustrations by Eva Roos. *'' Helen's Babies'' by John Habberton. First published by Grant Richards, London 1911. Features sixty illustrations by Eva Roos. Republished in 1919 by Chatto & Windus. *''The Emperor's Medal'', a story for children by D. S. Batley, published by T. C. & E. C. Jack, London, 1907. Features six illustrations by Eva Roos. *'' The Water Babies'' by Charles Kingsley. Published in 1908 edition. *''The Happy go luckies'' by M. H. Legh. Published in 1905. *''The Noisy Years'' by Jessie Dearmer. Published in 1902. Roos also exhibited five works in the Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
