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Adriaan Justus Enschedé Adriaan Justus Enschedé ![]() Adriaan Justus Enschedé (20 June 1829 in Haarlem ![]() Haarlem – 19 March 1896 in Haarlem)[1] was a Haarlem ![]() Haarlem Archivist, collector, owner of the Joh. Enschedé printing company, philanthropist and a member of Teylers Tweede Genootschap (Teylers Second or Scientific Society). Biography[edit] Adriaan Justus was the son of Christiaan Justus Enschedé and his wife Adriana Maria Dalen. He attended the Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem ![]() Haarlem and studied law in Leiden, whereupon he joined the family business in Haarlem ![]() Haarlem and brought historical typefaces back into fashion.[1] He became city archivist in 1857 where he wrote an inventory of the archives, still useful today [...More...] | "Adriaan Justus Enschedé" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Haarlem Haarlem ![]() Haarlem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːrlɛm] ( listen); predecessor of Harlem ![]() Harlem in the English language) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland ![]() North Holland and is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. Haarlem ![]() Haarlem had a population of 159,556 in 2017. It is a 15-minute train ride from Amsterdam, and many residents commute to the country's capital for work. Haarlem ![]() Haarlem was granted city status or stadsrechten in 1245, although the first city walls were not built until 1270. The modern city encompasses the former municipality of Schoten as well as parts that previously belonged to Bloemendaal ![]() Bloemendaal and Heemstede [...More...] | "Haarlem" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Joh. Enschedé Royal Joh. Enschedé ![]() Joh. Enschedé (Dutch: Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé) is a printer of security documents, stamps and banknotes based in Haarlem, Netherlands. Joh. Enschedé ![]() Joh. Enschedé specialises in print, media and security. The company hosted the Museum Enschedé Museum Enschedé until 1990 and has branches in Amsterdam, Brussels ![]() Brussels and Haarlem.Contents1 History 2 Typefounding2.1 Foundry typefaces3 Anniversaries 4 Services 5 Controversies 6 References 7 External linksHistory[edit] The company was founded in 1703, when Izaak Enschedé ![]() Izaak Enschedé registered with the Printers Guild in Haarlem.[1] Joh. Enschedé ![]() Joh. Enschedé has long been associated with the printing of banknotes; the company printed the "Robin" (Dutch Roodborstje), the very first Dutch banknote, in 1814.[2] Since then, Joh. Enschedé ![]() Joh [...More...] | "Joh. Enschedé" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Teylers Tweede Genootschap Teylers Tweede Genootschap ![]() Teylers Tweede Genootschap (English: Teylers Second Society), also known as the Wetenschappelijk Genootschap (Scientific Society) is one of the two societies founded within the Teylers Stichting ![]() Teylers Stichting with the purpose to promote and award prizes for research. They were the result of the testament of the Dutch 18th-century merchant Pieter Teyler van der Hulst. The Second Society is focused on art and science, while the First Society is focused on theology.Contents1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External sourcesHistory[edit] Both societies were founded in 1778, and the specific areas of interest to the Second society are Physics, Biology, Literature, History, the study of Art, and Numismatics [...More...] | "Teylers Tweede Genootschap" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem The Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem or the Latin School of Haarlem is a secondary school in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The school was founded in 1389 and is therefore one of the oldest schools in the world. The school offers voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (Preparatory Scientific Education) exclusively and is an independent gymnasium enrolling 822 students and 95 teachers, for a teacher/student ratio of 8.6.Contents1 Admission 2 History 3 Campus 4 Haarlem Model United Nations 5 Notable alumni 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksAdmission[edit] The Latin School of Haarlem subscribes to a selective admission policy. A prospective student is required to provide for sufficient material e.g. standardized test scores and a primary school teacher's recommendation. The overall score of the National Standardized Test (Cito-eindtoets) most Dutch students take at the end of sixth grade has to be 85%> [...More...] | "Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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St. Bavochurch The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed ![]() Reformed Protestant ![]() Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral located on the central market square in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Another Haarlem ![]() Haarlem church called the Cathedral ![]() Cathedral of Saint Bavo ![]() Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam.Contents1 History1.1 Christianity in Haarlem 1.2 Fires2 Exterior 3 Interior3.1 Stained glass windows4 Organ4.1 Disposition5 Graves 6 Bells 7 Gallery 8 Contemporary References 9 References 10 External linksHistory[edit] Saint Bavo ![]() Saint Bavo saves Haarlem ![]() Haarlem from the Kennemers. Dated 1673 but showing legend from 1274 [...More...] | "St. Bavochurch" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Castle Brederode Brederode Castle Brederode Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Brederode), also called the Ruins of Brederode (Dutch: Ruïne van Brederode), is located near Santpoort-Zuid. The castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century by William I van Brederode (1215–1285). William was a descendant of the lords van Teylingen, who were related to the counts of Holland. The castle formed part of the high lordship Brederode, which had been given in loan in the 13th century to the lords of Brederode by the count of Holland. The name Brederode is a reference to a wooded area called Brede Roede (literally: broad wood), that was cleared and on which the castle was built [...More...] | "Castle Brederode" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Laurens Janszoon Coster Laurens Janszoon Coster ![]() Laurens Janszoon Coster (c. 1370, Haarlem, the Netherlands ![]() Netherlands – c. 1440), or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the name of a purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg ![]() Johannes Gutenberg and is regarded by some in the Netherlands ![]() Netherlands as having invented printing first.Contents1 Biography 2 Junius story 3 Story by Ulrich Zell 4 Earliest known Haarlem ![]() Haarlem printer 5 300th anniversary 6 400th anniversary 7 Joh. Enschedé 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External linksBiography[edit]Illustration from a pamphlet by Petrus Scriverius, 1628He was an important citizen of Haarlem ![]() Haarlem and held the position of sexton (Koster) of Sint-Bavokerk. He is mentioned in contemporary documents as an assessor (scabinus), and as the city treasurer [...More...] | "Laurens Janszoon Coster" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Teylers Museum Teylers Museum Teylers Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛilərs myˈzeːjɵm]) is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science.[5] The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval Room (1784), which was built behind the house of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778), the so-called Fundatiehuis (Foundation House). Pieter Teyler was a wealthy cloth merchant and banker of Scottish descent, who bequeathed his fortune for the advancement of religion, art, and science [...More...] | "Teylers Museum" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Archive.org Coordinates: 37°46′56″N 122°28′18″W / 37.7823°N 122.4716°W / 37.7823; -122.4716Internet ArchiveType of business 501(c)(3) nonprofitType of siteDigital libraryAvailable in EnglishFounded May 12, 1996; 21 years ago (1996-05-12)[1][2]Headquarters Richmond District San Francisco, California, U.S.Chairman Brewster KahleServices Archive-It, Open Library, Wayback Machine [...More...] | "Archive.org" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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International Standard Name Identifier The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) is an identifier for uniquely identifying the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, television programmes, and newspaper articles. Such an identifier consists of 16 digits. It can optionally be displayed as divided into four blocks. It was developed under the auspices of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as Draft International Standard 27729; the valid standard was published on 15 March 2012 [...More...] | "International Standard Name Identifier" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Biografisch Portaal The Biografisch Portaal ![]() Biografisch Portaal (Biography Portal) is an initiative based at the Huygens Institute for Dutch History in The Hague, with the aim of making biographical texts of the Netherlands more accessible. The project was started in February 2010 with material for 40,000 digitized biographies, with the goal to grant digital access to all reliable information about (deceased) people of the Netherlands from the earliest beginnings of history up to modern times.[1] The Netherlands as a geographic term includes former colonies, and the term "people" refers both to people born in the Netherlands and its former colonies, and also to people born elsewhere but active in the Netherlands and its former colonies. As of 2011[update], only biographical information about deceased people is included. The system used is based on the standards of the Text Encoding Initiative [...More...] | "Biografisch Portaal" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Special Special ![]() Special or specials may refer to:Contents1 Music 2 Film and television 3 Other uses 4 See alsoMusic[edit] Special ![]() Special (album), a 1992 [...More...] | "Special" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Teylers Coin And Medal Room The Teylers Coin and Medal Room, or Numismatisch Kabinet, is a small display room in Teylers Museum that was designed in 1888 and furnished with special display cabinets in 1889.[1]Contents1 History 2 Coin and medal room 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory[edit] In 1884 the expansion of the museum, called "Nieuwe Museum" (New Museum), with the addition of the entrance on the Spaarne river and the new Fossil rooms, had just been completed to commemorate 100 years of exhibits in the Oval Room. At the same time, the small room that had formerly been used for fossils was set up for use by the coin and medal collection. Pieter Teyler's personal coin and medal collection of 1,623 pieces was one of the original parts of the Teyler collection, but the viewing of the coins was only possible when 2 directors of Teylers Stichting were available to unlock the collection [...More...] | "Teylers Coin And Medal Room" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Coomanshof The Coomanshof is a former hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands, on the Witte Heren straat. It was named the "mercerie" or cramersneringhe after the local merchant's guild that existed from 1407. The small guild house dates from 1644. The hofje that grew around it is typical of the type of occupational hofjes such as the Brouwershofje that grew out of the local Brewer's guild. The patron saint of the merchants was Saint Nicholas, also the patron saint of Amsterdam. When the guilds were disbanded under Napoleon in 1798, the hofje was rented out until 1854 when it was sold. When the local head of the archives Adriaan Justus Enschedé bought the property in 1871, he demolished the eleven small hofje houses but kept the guild house as a folly for his garden. His main home was on the Zijlstraat [...More...] | "Coomanshof" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Adriaan Justus Enschedé Adriaan Justus Enschedé ![]() Adriaan Justus Enschedé (20 June 1829 in Haarlem ![]() Haarlem – 19 March 1896 in Haarlem)[1] was a Haarlem ![]() Haarlem Archivist, collector, owner of the Joh. Enschedé printing company, philanthropist and a member of Teylers Tweede Genootschap (Teylers Second or Scientific Society). Biography[edit] Adriaan Justus was the son of Christiaan Justus Enschedé and his wife Adriana Maria Dalen. He attended the Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem ![]() Haarlem and studied law in Leiden, whereupon he joined the family business in Haarlem ![]() Haarlem and brought historical typefaces back into fashion.[1] He became city archivist in 1857 where he wrote an inventory of the archives, still useful today [...More...] | "Adriaan Justus Enschedé" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |