Geers
Geers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Douglas Geers, American composer * Edward Geers (1851–1924), American harness racer * Gerardus Johannes Geers (1891–1965), Dutch linguist and Hispanist * Kendell Geers (born 1968), South African artist See also *Geer (other) __NOTOC__ Geer is a municipality in Belgium. Geer may also refer to: People Given name * Geer van Velde (1898–1977), a Dutch painter Surname * Billy Geer (1859–1885), an American baseball player * Charles Geer (1922–2008), an American illus ...

Kendell Geers
Jacobus Hermanus Pieters Geers (born May 1968), known as Kendell Geers, is a South African conceptual artist. Biography Kendell Geers was born in Leondale, a working-class suburb on the East Rand outside Johannesburg, South Africa, into an Afrikaans family during the time of apartheid. At the age of 15, Geers ran away from home due to an abusive, alcoholic father and joined the anti-apartheid movement. The apartheid government required compulsory conscription of white males from the age of 16. Geers applied to the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg to avoid conscription into the South African Defence Force.Warren Siebrits, States of Emergency 1985–1990, "Irrespektiv." BOM / Actar, 2007. While at art school, Geers met fellow artist Neil Goedhals, and both formed the performance art group KOOS with Marcel van Heerden, Gys de Villiers, Megan Kruskal, and Velile Nxazonke. KOOS sang post-punk / industrial music ballads based on Afrikaans protest poetry by poets ...
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Edward Geers
Edward Franklin Geers (January 25, 1851 – September 3, 1924), nicknamed "Pop", was an American harness racer and author of 'Ed Geers' experience with the Trotters and the Pacers.' He was born on January 25, 1851, in Tennessee to William Gideon Geers and Emily Woolard. He died on September 3, 1924, in Wheeling, West Virginia. References External links * * Harness Racing Museum, Hall of Fame, Edward F. Geers
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