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Broers
Broers is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "Broer's (son)".Broers at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. ''Broer'' and ''Broeder'' mean "brother" in Dutch. A nickname for a younger sibling is likely the origin of the given name, which is by now rare in the Netherlands. at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands The surname may sometimes have originated from any of the other meanings of "". Variant forms are ''Broeders'', ''Broer'', ''Broere'', ''Broerse'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Broers, Baron Broers
Alec Nigel Broers, Baron Broers, (born 17 September 1938) is a British electrical engineer. In 1994 Broers was elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to electronic beam lithography and microscopy and for leadership in microfabrication. Education and early life Broers was born in Calcutta, India and educated at Geelong Grammar School and Melbourne University in Australia and at University of Cambridge ( Gonville and Caius College) in England. Career Broers then worked in the research and development laboratories of IBM in the United States for 19 years before returning to Cambridge in 1984 to become Professor of Electrical Engineering (1984–96) and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge (1985–90). He is a pioneer of nanotechnology. Broers subsequently became Master of Churchill College, Cambridge (1990–96) and Head of the Cambridge University Engineering Department (1993–96). He was Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Broers
Jasper BroersJasper Broers at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (, 21 April 1682 – Antwerp, 1716) was a Flemish painter. He is known for his landscapes and allegorical compositions and was a leading battle painter in Flanders in the first two decades of the 18th century.Reginald Howard Wilenski, ''Flemish Painters: 1430-1830'', Viking Press, 1960, p. 368 Life Jasper Broers was born in Antwerp in a lowly family. His father Joris died when he was only 4 months old. His mother Suzanna Jegers sent him at the age of 13 to study pai ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Broersen
Nadine Broersen (born 29 April 1990) is a Dutch track and field athlete, specializing in the heptathlon and high jump. She was the 2014 World Indoor pentathlon champion. Broersen competes for the track and field club AV Sprint in Breda. Early career Broersen is a member of the Dutch national combined events squad and trains at the Olympic Training centre in Papendal in the Netherlands since 2009. Because she was good in three essential events – 100 metres hurdles, high jump and the javelin throw – she was advised to specialize in the heptathlon,After world indoor gold, Broersen is now focused on bigger challenges International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF, 28 May 2014 despite her fear for the |
Frank Broers
Frank Broers (born August 29, 1977 in Alkmaar, Netherlands) is a Dutch retired football defender. Club career He made his debut in Dutch professional football on March 14, 1998 for NAC in a competition match against FC Twente (1-0). He later played for FC Emmen before joining Sparta in 2003. After being demoted to the reserves by then manager Wiljan Vloet Wiljan Vloet (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch football manager, executive and former player. He serves as the sporting director of FC Den Bosch. Playing career As a footballer, Vloet never played for a professional club. He started his car ..., Broers left Sparta for VVV and he returned to Emmen in 2007. When he couldn't agree terms with Emmen for a new contract he left for Go Ahead Eagles in summer 2008. He retired when he left amateur side Kozakken Boys in January 2011. Later years He was named physical coach and assistant to the NAC U-21 manager in summer 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joost Broerse
Joost Broerse (, born 8 May 1979) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a centre back or defensive midfielder. Club career Groningen / Utrecht Broerse made his debut in professional football, being part of the FC Groningen squad in the 1997–98 season and stayed there for six years. Then he moved to FC Utrecht, where he stayed for four years and won the 2003–04 KNVB Cup and the 2004 Johan Cruijff-schaal. APOEL Later, in January 2008, he transferred to Cypriot side APOEL. At APOEL he won the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup, the 2008–09 Cypriot First Division and also the Cypriot Super Cup of 2008 and 2009. He also appeared in four official group stages matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with APOEL. The next season, he won the 2010–11 Cypriot First Division again with APOEL, adding the second championship title to his honours list. In May 2011 it was announced that Broerse would be leaving APOEL after 3.5 years, as his contract would not be renewed by the club. Exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broers (band)
Broers or alternatively Die Broers is a South African music group trio made up of Snyman brother Christo, Cobus and Stephan and formed in 2006. Broers (meaning Brothers in Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...) had a big hit with "Huistoe" (meaning Home in Afrikaans) in 2008 for which they won "Best Song of the Year" in the Tempo Awards given annually by '' Huisgenoot'' popular Afrikaans magazine in South Africa. Their live DVD ''Broers Tussen die Sterre'' (meaning Brothers Between the Stars) was nominated for the category "Best DVD of the Year". The band has its own publishing company SMP (Snyman-musiekproduksies). Christo en Cobus Prior to Broers, the older brothers had worked independently as a duo under the name Christo en Cobus starting 1992. The last r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Broers
Leonard Broers (born 11 October 1906, date of death unknown) was a Belgian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... References External links * 1906 births Year of death missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Belgian male long-distance runners Belgian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Belgium {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Broers
Johnny Broers (born 9 April 1959) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France. Major results ;1979 : 1st : 2nd Grand Prix de France : 3rd Acht van Chaam ;1980 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 1st Stage 7b (ITT) Olympia's Tour : 3rd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt ;1981 : 3rd Brabantse Pijl : 4th Circuit des Frontières ;1982 : 5th Brussel–Ingooigem ;1983 : 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland : 3rd Overall Tour Européen Lorraine-Alsace ;1984 : 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland ;1985 : 3rd Amstel Gold Race : 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland ;1987 : 1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland : 2nd Seraing–Aachen–Seraing : 3rd Hel van het Mergelland Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ... References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huub Broers
Huub Broers (born 5 December 1951 in Voeren) is a Belgian politician and since 2000 elected by the ruling Voerbelangen party as burgemeester of Voeren. He represented CD&V until 14 July 2010, thereafter, he became affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance. He was co-opted as a member of the Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: Sénat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parli ... on that day. Notes 1951 births Living people Members of the Senate (Belgium) New Flemish Alliance politicians People from Voeren 21st-century Belgian politicians {{Belgium-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Broers
Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Broers (3 September 1944, Tilburg – 9 December 2013, Utrecht) was a Dutch writer, who published using the pseudonym Jacq Firmin Vogelaar. In 1992 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs {{short description, Dutch literary award The Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize or F. Bordewijk-prijs is a literary award, presented annually by the Jan Campert Foundation to the author of the best Dutch prose book. The prize was established in 1948 as the ... for his novel '' De dood als meisje van acht''. In 2006 he won the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his collected works. Works * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (using female pseudonym Koba Swart) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References 1944 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century essayists 20th-century translators 21st-century Dutch novelists 21st-century essayists Constantijn Huygens Prize winners Delft University of Technology facu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broeren
Broeren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gerben Broeren (born 1972), Dutch track cyclist * Wayne Broeren (1933–1991), American Paralympic athlete See also * Broer * Broers {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broer
Broer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bert Broer (1916–1991), Dutch physicist and mathematician * Henk Broer (born 1950), Dutch mathematician * Jan-Martin Bröer (born 1982), German rower See also *Broeren Broeren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gerben Broeren (born 1972), Dutch track cyclist * Wayne Broeren (1933–1991), American Paralympic athlete See also * Broer * Broers {{Short pages monitor [Baidu] |
