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Van't Hoff
Van 't Hof and Van 't Hoff are Dutch toponymic surnames meaning "from the homestead". Other variants are ''Van Hoff'', ''Van den Hof'', ''Van der Hoff'', ''Van't Hof'' and ''Vanthof''. Notable people with these surnames include: ;Van 't Hof / Van't Hof * Erik Van't Hof (born 1960), Dutch-born American tennis player *Jasper van 't Hof (born 1947), Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard-player *Kaes Van't Hof (born 1986), American tennis player *Robert Van't Hof (born 1959), American tennis player ;Van 't Hoff * Dilano van 't Hoff (2004–2023), Dutch racing driver *Ernst van 't Hoff (1908–1955), Dutch jazz pianist and bandleader *Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Prize laureate **among others known for the van 't Hoff equation, van 't Hoff factor and Le Bel-van't Hoff rule *Robert van 't Hoff (1887–1979), Dutch architect and furniture designer ;Van der Hoff *Dirk Van der Hoff (1814–1891), Dutch-born South African Protestant minister *Frans v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Van Der Hoff
Dirk Van der Hoff (2 September 1814 in Dordrecht, Netherlands, – 9 October 1881 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) was minister of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk, one of the Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa. Early life The second son of a shopkeeper, he went to the Latin school in Dordrecht and became a theological student at Leiden in 1833. His training was influenced by the newer, supernaturalistic theological trend. In May 1840, he passed the B.D. examination and was admitted to the ministry. He was never offered a post in the Netherlands, which at the time had a glut of young preachers. On 25 May 1845 he married Anna Maria van Otterloo in Dordrecht, fathered one daughter (in 1878) and two sons. While Van der Hoff waited for a call he undertook a number of journeys abroad. He considered emigrating to Cape Colony or Natal as a minister. When he met Professor U. G. Lauts, who was looking for clergymen and teachers for the Voortrekkers, he made up his mind. In 1852 Lauts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Hoff
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Von Hoff or von Hoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bruce Von Hoff (1943–2012), American baseball player * Karl Ernst Adolf von Hoff (1771–1837), German natural historian and geologist *Steele Von Hoff (born 1987), Australian road racing cyclist See also * Hoff (surname) * van 't Hof Van 't Hof and Van 't Hoff are Dutch toponymic surnames meaning "from the homestead". Other variants are ''Van Hoff'', ''Van den Hof'', ''Van der Hoff'', ''Van't Hof'' and ''Vanthof''. Notable people with these surnames include: ;Van 't Hof / Van' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoff (surname)
Hoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *August Bernhard Carl Hoff (1886–1971), Lutheran pastor of Koonibba Mission in South Australia *Benjamin Hoff, American author whose works are influenced by Taoism *Bobby Hoff, American professional poker player *Charles Hoff (1902–1985), Norwegian athlete, coach, sports journalist, novelist and sports administrator *Chet Hoff, American baseball pitcher *Christian Hoff, American actor *C. Clayton Hoff (1908–1983), American arachnologist *Ebbe Hoff, American doctor who researched neurology, substance abuse and diving medicine *Edwin H. Hoff (1921-2007), American politician *Elke Hoff (born 1957), German politician (FDP) *Gustav A. Hoff (1852–1930), American politician *Hans_Hoff_(psychiatrist), Hans Hoff (1897–1969) Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist *William Cooper (novelist), known as Harry Hoff, English novelist *Jeanne Hoff (psychiatrist), Jeanne Hoff (1938–2023), American psychiatrist *Karl Hoff (1838-1890 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hof (surname)
Hof is a Dutch and German toponymic surname. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Catherine Hof Blinks (1903–1995), American botanist * (1946–2017), Dutch footballer * (1946–2018), American brothel owner in Nevada * Erich Hof (1936–1995), Austrian footballer and coach * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard 't Hooft
Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft (; born July 5, 1946) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions". His work concentrates on gauge theory, black holes, quantum gravity and fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. His contributions to physics include: a proof that gauge theories are renormalizable; dimensional regularization; and the holographic principle. Biography Early life 't Hooft was born in Den Helder on July 5, 1946, to Hendrik 't Hooft and Margaretha Agnes 'Peggy' van Kampen, but grew up in The Hague. He was the middle child of a family of three. He comes from a family of scholars. His great uncle was Nobel prize laureate Frits Zernike; his maternal grandfather was Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen, a professor of zoology at Leiden University; his uncle Nico van Kampen wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van't Hoff (crater)
van't Hoff is a lunar impact crater named after Dutch chemist Jacobus H. van 't Hoff and is located to the northeast of the walled plain Birkhoff, on the far side of the Moon. To the northwest is the crater Stebbins, and to the east lies the smaller Dyson. This crater lies at high northern latitudes of the lunar surface, almost two-thirds the way from the equator The equator is the circle of latitude that divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Southern Hemisphere, Southern Hemispheres of Earth, hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, about in circumferen ... to the pole. The outer rim of van't Hoff is heavily eroded and the crater has become distorted in shape by subsequent impacts. The rim edge is ill-defined in the western half where the inner wall is unusually wide. This edge may have become overlain by ejecta from other impacts to the west. Along the eastern face the crater has apparently merged with one or tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vanthof
John Vanthof ( , born ) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2011. He represents the riding of Timiskaming—Cochrane. On August 23, 2018 he was named one of the party's two Deputy Leaders alongside Sara Singh, and critic for Agriculture and Food, and for Rural Development. As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the House leader of the Official Opposition and as critic for Agriculture and Food, for Rural Affairs. Background Vanthof was born and raised on a dairy farm near New Liskeard, Ontario. He is the nephew of veteran Progressive Conservative MPP Ernie Hardeman. Prior to entering politics he was president of the Temiskaming Federation of Agriculture, a farmer's lobby group. He was a vocal opponent of the proposal to ship garbage from Toronto and bury it at Adams Mine. Politics In the 2007 provincial election, Vanthof ran as the New Democrat candidate in the riding of Timisk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestor Nielsen Van Hoff
Nestor may refer to: * Nestor (mythology), King of Pylos in Greek mythology Arts and entertainment * "Nestor" (''Ulysses'' episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' * Nestor Studios, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles * ''Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey'', a Christmas television program * Nestor (band), Swedish rock band Locations * Nestor, San Diego, a neighborhood of San Diego, California, USA * Mount Nestor (Antarctica), in the Achaean Range of Antarctica * Mount Nestor (Alberta), a mountain in Alberta, Canada * 659 Nestor, an asteroid People * Nestor (surname), anglicised form of Mac an Adhastair, an Irish family * Nestor (given name), a name of Greek origin, from Greek mythology Science and technology * ''Nestor'' (genus), a genus of parrots * NESTOR Project, an international scientific collaboration for the deployment of a neutrino telescope * NESTOR (encryption), a family of voice encryption devices used by the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Van Hoff
Arthur van Hoff (born 16 February 1963) is a Dutch computer scientist and businessman. Biography After studying computer science at the University of Strathclyde and Hogere Informatica Opleiding, Van Hoff joined Sun Microsystems as an engineer with the Distributed Objects Everywhere team. In 1993, he joined the Java development team, writing the language's compiler and taking responsibility for its first release to Netscape in August 1995. In 1996, he left Sun, feeling that the options to develop Java outside of the organization were "too tempting", and established the startup Marimba The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the mari ..., as its Chief Technology Officer. At Marimba, Van Hoff led the engineering team in developing a pull technology-based software distribution sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Van Der Hoff
Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe Alasky *'' Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective'', a manga series *Ron Weasley, a character in ''Harry Potter.'' *"Ron", a song by Slint from ''Tweez'' *RON Party February 1st Language * Ron language, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria * Romanian language (ISO 639-3 code ron) People Mononym *Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer Given name *Ron (given name) Surname *Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor *Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist *Emri Ron (1936–2013), Israeli politician * Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player *Jason De Ron (born 1973), Australian musician *José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor * Liat Ron, actress, dancer and dance instructor * Lior Ron (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Der Hoff
Frans van der Hoff (16 July 1939 – 13 February 2024), or Francisco VanderHoff Boersma as he is called in Latin America, was a Dutch missionary who, in collaboration with Nico Roozen and ecumenical development agency Solidaridad, launched Max Havelaar, the first Fairtrade label in 1988. Van der Hoff's contacts with Mexican coffee producers were important in securing the supply and ensuring the success of the very first Fairtrade certification initiative. Biography Van der Hoff was born on 16 July 1939, as the seventh of seventeen children to a disciplined farming family, ''van der Hoff-Boersma,'' that had moved from Friesland to the village De Rips in the southern Netherlands. He became politically active early on in student movements during his studies at Radboud University Nijmegen. He later received a Ph.D. in political economy and another in theology while studying in Germany. In 1970, van der Hoff moved to Santiago de Chile to work in the barrios as a worker-priest. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
