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Boven
Boven can refer to a number of individuals with that last name. The word is also Dutch for "above," and appears in the names of several locations in the Netherlands. People *Don Boven (1925–2011), an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor * Jan Boven (born 1972), Dutch road bicycle racer ;Bovens *Luc Bovens, Belgian professor of philosophy * Theo Bovens (born 1959), Dutch politician ;Van Boven * Pieter van Boven (1898–1952), Dutch fencer *Theo van Boven (born 1934), Dutch jurist and law professor *Scott Thomas Boven (born 1981) Dutch/American entrepreneur * Ana Maria Boven (born 1975) Puerto Rican/American singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. wife to Scott Thomas Boven Places *Boven Bolivia, village in Bonaire * Boven Coppename, resort in Suriname *Boven Digoel Regency in Papua province, Indonesia *Boven-Haastrecht, town in South Holland * Boven-Hardinxveld, town in South Holland *Boven-Leeuwen, town in Gelderland *Boven Merwede, river in the Netherland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Boven
Donald E. Boven (March 6, 1925 – March 10, 2011) was an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor. He was a World War II veteran who was a standout athlete at Western Michigan University. After playing professional basketball, he served as an instructor at the University for more than 30 years. In the 1980s, Boven retired from his teaching duties but remained active in sporting circles and became involved in voluntary public service in his Michigan township. Early life and military Boven was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1925. He was the second of four sons born to Thomas Boven and Jessie Knapper. His parents were immigrants from the Netherlands, having come from Groningen. Boven was raised on the north side of Kalamazoo and attended Lincoln Junior High School. He then developed into a successful athlete at Kalamazoo Central High School where he lettered in football, baseball, and basketball. He graduated from Central in 1943 and, after his graduation, enlis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boven-Leeuwen
Boven-Leeuwen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 9 km east of Tiel. It is the protestant part of the former village of Leeuwen. History It was first called Boven-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Beneden-Leeuwen. Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill". The village developed along the Waal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village. The Dutch Reformed church was built between 1753 and 1756. It was severely damaged in 1944/1945, and restored between 1964 and 1966. In 1918, a Catholic church was constructed in Boven-Leeuwen. Huis te Leeuwen is a manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boven Digoel Regency
Boven Digoel Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the northern part of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It is split off from Merauke Regency (of which it used to be a part) on 12 November 2002. The regency covers an area of , and the total population was 55,784 at the 2010 Census and 64,285 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is the town of Tanahmerah. Administrative districts The regency comprises twenty districts (''distrik''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres and the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district. History In the Dutch East Indies era, the present Boven Digoel Regency was known as ''Digul Atas'' (Upper Digul), located on the banks of the Digul River. Boven-Digoel was a Dutch prison camp in the Dutch East Indies at the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Van Boven
Theodoor Cornelis (Theo) van Boven (born 16 May 1934, Voorburg) is a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law. In 1977, he was appointed director of the United Nations' Division for Human Rights, a precursor of the UN Human Rights Office. From 1986 to 1991, he was the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Reparation to Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and, from 2001 to 2004, Special Rapporteur on Torture. He is also a member of the International Commission of Jurists. From February 1994 to December 1994, he was the first registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In 1985, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "speaking out on human rights abuse without fear or favour in the international community", in 2004, the Wateler Peace Prize and in 2013, the Light of Truth Award. From 1995 to 2016 he was jury member of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. On 16 December 2005, the United Nations General A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Bovens
Luc Bovens is a Belgian professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bovens is a former editor of '' Economics and Philosophy''. His main areas of research are moral and political philosophy, philosophy of economics, philosophy of public policy, Bayesian epistemology, rational choice theory, and voting theory. He has also published work, of some controversy to the anti-abortion movement, on issues regarding abortion and natural family planning methods of contraception. Biography Bovens attended the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, studying Social Sciences, before moving to the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Here he completed an MA in Sociology, an MA in philosophy and a PhD in philosophy in 1990. He was a research assistant in the National Fund for Scientific Research in Belgium, before gaining a professorship in the department of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1990. Bovens was Director of the Philosophy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Van Boven
Pieter van Boven (10 June 1898 – 18 June 1952) was a Dutch fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ... events at the 1924 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1898 births 1952 deaths People from Borger-Odoorn Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Drenthe 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Boven
Jan Boven (born 20 February 1972 in Delfzijl, Groningen) is a road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1996, and remained with the same team, Rabobank Rabobank (; full name: ''Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.'') is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. The group comprises 89 local Dutch Rabobanks (2019), a central organisation (Raboban ..., until 2008. Palmares * Teleflex Tour – 1 stage (1996) * 2nd, Liège-Bastogne-Liège - U23 version (1991–1992) References * 1972 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Delfzijl UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Groningen (province) {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boven-Haastrecht
Boven-Haastrecht is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, where it is a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, about 6 km east of Gouda. The statistical area of Boven-Haastrecht, including the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 220.Statistics Netherlands (CBS)''Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005'' As of 1 January 2005. Boven-Haastrecht was part of Vlist __NOTOC__ Vlist () is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. As of 2015, it is a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard. Description Vlist is named after the river with the same name, ... until 2015. References Populated places in South Holland Krimpenerwaard {{SouthHolland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Bovens
Theodorus Jozef Franciscus Marie "Theo" Bovens (; born 1 October 1959) is a Dutch politician who served as the King's Commissioner of Limburg from 30 June 2011 until 19 April 2021. He has been acting mayor of Enschede since 2 October 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, he was a member of the municipal council of Maastricht from 1986 to 2002 and served as one of the city's aldermen from 1994 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005 he was Vice Chairman of the Open University in the Netherlands and from 2005 until 2011 he served as chairman. From 2006 to 2011 he was also a member of the Social-Economic Council. Bovens was born in Maastricht and studied history at Radboud University Nijmegen. He is married and has a daughter. Honours and awards *: Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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