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Maritz may refer to: * Paul Maritz, American businessman * Gerrit Maritz, prominent Dutch Voortrekker * Jean Maritz (1680–1743), a Swiss inventor * Laurette Maritz, South African professional golfer * Noelle Maritz Noelle Maritz (; born 23 December 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa of the FA WSL. She previously played for Arsenal in the WSL, VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga, and FC Zürich in Switzerland's N ..., Swiss footballer * Maritz Rebellion, aka Boer Revolt or the Five-Shilling Rebellion, occurred in South Africa in 1914 * Maritz, sales and marketing services company. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Maritz
Paul Alistair Maritz (born March 16, 1955) is a computer scientist and software executive. He held positions at Microsoft and EMC Corporation. In October 2021, Maritz was named as the chairman of the board of directors for Acronis. He also is chairman of Pivotal Software. Early life Paul Maritz was born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His family later moved to South Africa where he was schooled at Highbury Preparatory School and Hilton College. He received a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Natal, and a B.Sc. (Hons) degree, also in Computer Science, from the University of Cape Town in 1977. Career After finishing his graduate studies, Maritz had a programming job with Burroughs Corporation and later became a researcher at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, before moving to Silicon Valley in 1981 to join Intel. He worked for Intel for five years, including developing early tools to help developers write software for the then-new x86 platform, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit Maritz
Gerhardus Marthinus (Gert or Gerrit) Maritz (1 March 1797 – 23 September 1838), was a Voortrekker pioneer and leader, wagon builder. Gerrit Maritz was the son of Salamo Stefanus Maritz and Maria Elizabeth Oosthuizen. He married Agnita Maria Olivier and later Anna Carolina Agatha van Rooyen and from them he fathered six children. See also *Graaff-Reinet: Gerrit Maritz, Great Trek Leader after whom Pietermaritzburg was partly named was a wagon-maker in the town. *Pietermaritzburg: There exist two interpretations about the origin of the city's name. One is that it was named after Piet Retief Pieter Mauritz Retief (12 November 1780 – 6 February 1838) was a '' Voortrekker'' leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he later assumed command of punitive expeditions during the sixth Xhosa War. He became a s ... and Gerrit Maritz, two famous Voortrekker leaders. References Sources * * * Further reading *Kuschke, Jazz (2006The wagon maker with Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voortrekker
The Great Trek (, ) was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration. The Great Trek resulted from the culmination of tensions between rural descendants of the Cape's original European settlers, known collectively as Boers, and the British. It was also reflective of an increasingly common trend among individual Boer communities to pursue an isolationist and semi-nomadic lifestyle away from the developing administrative complexities in Cape Town. Boers who took part in the Great Trek identified themselves as ''voortrekkers'', meaning "pioneers" or "pathfinders" in Dutch and Afrikaans. The Great Trek led directly to the founding of several autonomous Boer republics, namely the South African Republic (also known simply as the Transvaal), the Orange Free State and the Natalia Republic. It also led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Maritz
Jean Maritz (1680–1743), also Johan Maritz, was a Swiss inventor, born in Burgdorf, Canton of Bern, who moved to France, becoming "Commissaire des Fontes" at Strasbourg (Commissioner of the King's Foundry),''A Dictionary of Military History and the Art of War'' by André Corvisier p.33/ref> and invented the vertical drilling machine, as well as the horizontal drilling machine for cannons in the 18th century. His inventions revolutionized cannon-making and became a key component of the de Vallière, de Vallière system and contributed to the development of the later Gribeauval system. Jean Maritz first invented a vertical drilling machine for cannons while in France in 1713. The vertical drilling method however, in which a cannon was slowly lowered over a turning drill, was very delicate, very time consuming and rather imprecise. He further developed a method for the horizontal drilling of cannons around 1734. These methods involved the drilling of a bore from a solid ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurette Maritz
Laurette Maritz (born 13 January 1964) is a South African professional golfer. She won three titles on the Ladies European Tour between 1988 and 1990, and was LET Rookie of the Year in 1988. Early life and amateur career Maritz grew up in Johannesburg and started playing golf when she was 11. Consumed by the sport, she quit high school after the 11th grade. Playing on the South African National Team, she won tournaments in Europe, and she was thinking about turning professional. After meeting LPGA Tour player Sally Little in 1983 she accepted a golf scholarship to United States International University in San Diego, where she earned All-American honors four times and a BA in Physical Education. She was a 1987 Honda Sports Award nominee. Professional career Maritz turned professional after graduating in 1987 and joined the Ladies European Tour in 1988. She enjoyed immediate success, and won the season opener, the Marbella Ladies Open, 3 strokes before Dale Reid and Corinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noelle Maritz
Noelle Maritz (; born 23 December 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa of the FA WSL. She previously played for Arsenal in the WSL, VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga, and FC Zürich in Switzerland's Nationalliga A. Born in the United States, she represents Switzerland at international level. Club career Youth Noelle Maritz started playing football at age four in Newport Beach, California. When her family moved to the East Coast, she transferred to the Players Development Academy in New Jersey. After playing in the United States up to U13, she returned to her ancestral homeland, Switzerland, in the summer of 2005. There she first played for the local club FC Amriswil in the D-Jugend before moving to FC Staad in the summer of 2007. There she was able to recommend herself for the Swiss youth selection and spent three years in the training center of the Swiss Football Association in Huttwil. At the same time, Maritz played at FC Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
