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Dros (wasp)
Dros is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Charles du Dros (fl.1544), French governor of Mondovì * Cristian Dros (born 1998), Moldovan footballer * Gerald Dros (born 1973), South African cricketer * Imme Dros (born 1936), Dutch writer of children's literature * Mence Dros-Canters Mence Dros-Canters (5 March 1900 – 14 August 1934) was a Dutch female hockey, badminton- and tennis player who was active from the 1920s until her death in 1934. She won seven national tennis titles and made 12 appearances in the Dutch nation ... (1900–1934), Dutch female hockey, badminton and tennis player * Abby Dros (born 1707), American national hero. {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Du Dros
Charles du Dros (fl. 1544) was the French governor of Mondovì during the Italian War of 1542, and was killed during the Battle of Ceresole. References * Oman, Charles Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his .... ''A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century.'' London: Methuen & Co., 1937. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dros, Charles du 1544 deaths French military personnel killed in action Military leaders of the Italian Wars Year of birth unknown 16th-century French people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Dros
Cristian Dros (born 15 April 1998) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ... for Slavia Mozyr. In his career Dros also played for Zaria Bălți and ASU Politehnica Timișoara. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Dros
Gerald Dros (born 2 April 1973) is a South African cricketer. He has represented both Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... (from 1999 to 2004 as an overseas player) and South Africa A (from 2000 to 2002) during his cricketing career. His career stretches back to 1993 when he first joined the Northern Transvaal cricket team. He first represented Northern Transvaal in the UCB Bowl tournament of 1993, where he made his debut scoring 42 and 30 in his two innings and making a solid contribution with the ball. He has stayed with the sport over the last 12 years, most recently victorious in the victorious Northerns' South African Airways Three-Day Challenge final. He also participated in the final of the losing Northerns' Standard Bank cup run of 2000–01. Dros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imme Dros
Imme Dros (born 26 September 1936, Oudeschild, Texel) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Life Dros grew up on the island of Texel. She studied Dutch in Amsterdam. There she met her husband Harrie Geelen, with whom she had three children. As a homemaker, she wrote her first book in 1971. Her husband has illustrated several of her books. She currently resides in Hilversum. Work In the 1970s, Dros wrote books mainly about animals. Young adolescents were her main theme in the 1980s, during which time she also shifted towards writing for a younger audience. From the 1990s on she made the classic works of Homer and other Greek mythology stories into new forms. For example, her book ''Odysseus : een man van verhalen'' describes how Odysseus attempts to return home after the Trojan War. It is written in a rather poetic style of writing. Many of her works have received awards from Dutch literary critics. Dros has twice won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for best children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mence Dros-Canters
Mence Dros-Canters (5 March 1900 – 14 August 1934) was a Dutch female hockey, badminton- and tennis player who was active from the 1920s until her death in 1934. She won seven national tennis titles and made 12 appearances in the Dutch national hockey team. Sports career Tennis Dros-Canters became Dutch doubles tennis champion six times between 1927 and 1933. In addition she won the national mixed doubles title in 1930. Between 1925 and 1931 she participated in five Wimbledon Championships. Her best result in the singles event was reaching the fourth round in 1930, losing in straight sets to eventual champion and World no.1 Helen Wills-Moody. Also in 1930 she reached the third round in the doubles events partnering compatriot Madzy Rollin Couquerque. With Henk Timmer she reached the third round of the mixed doubles in 1928 and 1930. She took part in the French Championships on three occasions. She reached the second round at the 1928 Championships after a bye in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |