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Van Nostrand
Van Nostrand is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amy Van Nostrand (born 1953), American actress *Burr Van Nostrand, American composer (born 1945) * David Van Nostrand (1811–1886), American publisher *John Van Nostrand (1961–1984), American tennis player *Kevin VanNostrand (born 1987), American kickboxer *Molly Van Nostrand (born 1965), American tennis player * Wally Van (born Charles Wallace Van Nostrand; 1880-1974), American actor and director See also *'' Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia'', 1938 encyclopedia of science *''The Van Nostrand Tiara'', 1913 silent film * Van Nostrand Reinhold, an American publisher acquired by John Wiley & Son * A frequently used alias by the character Cosmo Kramer in the American sitcom ''Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. '' Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Van Nostrand
Amy Van Nostrand (born April 11, 1953) is an American actress. She has appeared on Broadway in ''The Hothouse'' by Harold Pinter; off-Broadway, she appeared in Pearl Theatre's ''Dance With Me''. Early years Van Nostrand was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Career On Broadway, Van Nostrand appeared as Miss Cutts in ''The Hothouse''. She has worked with many regional theatres including Huntington Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Coast Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Trinity Rep, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, and The People's Light & Theatre Company. In film and television her credits include ''Partners in Crime'', '' Outside Providence'', ''Execution of Justice'', ''Say You’ll Be Mine'', ''Deception'', ''The House of Mirth'', ''Made in Heaven'', '' The Fugitive,'' ''Frasier,'' ''The Practice,'' ''Wings,'' ''Trial By Jury,'' ''Dangerous Heart,'' ''Almost Grown,'' ''Over My Dead Body,'' ''L.A. Law,'' ''Cagney and Lacey,'' ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burr Van Nostrand
Burr Van Nostrand (born 1945) is an American classical composer and cellist. He is known for his avant-garde works which use aleatory and graphic notation and were composed from the 1960s through the 1980s.Guerrieri, Matthew (26 April 2012)"New England’s Prospect: Echolocation" ''NewMusicBox''. Retrieved 21 January 2017. Van Nostrand was born in Los Angeles and began composing while still in high school in San Diego. He studied cello at Yale with Aldo Parisot and composition at the New England Conservatory under Robert Cogan. After his graduation from the NEC with a Masters in Music in 1971, he spent four years in the Netherlands at the Gaudeamus Foundation where several of his works were premiered. He stopped composing in the late 1980s but remained active as a cellist until 2000. There was renewed interest in his music following a concert of his early works at the New England Conservatory in 2012 and the release of a CD the following year containing his 1969 ''Voyage in a Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Van Nostrand
David Van Nostrand (December 5, 1811 – June 14, 1886) was a New York City publisher. Biography David Van Nostrand was born in New York City on December 5, 1811. He was educated at Union Hall, Jamaica, New York, and in 1826 entered the publishing house of John P. Haven, who gave him an interest in the firm when he became of age. In 1834 he formed a partnership with William Dwight, but the financial crisis of 1837 led to its dissolution. Van Nostrand then accepted an appointment as clerk of accounts and disbursements under Captain John G. Barnard, at that time in charge of the defensive works of Louisiana and Texas, with headquarters at New Orleans. While so engaged he devoted attention to the study of scientific and military affairs, and on his return to New York City he began the importation of military books for officers of the U.S. Army, afterward receiving orders from private individuals and from academic institutions for foreign books of science. His place of business w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Nostrand
John Van Nostrand (July 17, 1961 – April 15, 1984) was a professional tennis player from the United States. His sister Molly Van Nostrand also played tennis professionally. Career Van Nostrand was a dual NCAA All-American for Pepperdine University, in 1982 and 1983. He appeared in the main draw of one Grand Slam during his career, the 1983 Australian Open, in the men's doubles, but never got to play a point, as he and partner Jim Gurfein defaulted the match. The American was a quarter-finalist at the 1983 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, held in Newport, Rhode Island. He beat world number 46 Mike De Palmer in the opening round and Mike Leach in the second round. In the first tournament of the 1984 Grand Prix season, at Auckland, Van Nostrand and partner Brian Levine were doubles champions. The pair upset top seeds Broderick Dyke and Rod Frawley in the quarter-finals. Three months later, Van Nostrand was killed in a car accident, along with fellow player Joe Heldman. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin VanNostrand
Kevin Louis VanNostrand (born April 16, 1987) is an American kickboxer and former Interim Glory Featherweight Champion. A professional kickboxer since 2015, he started martial arts at the age of 8, and became an amateur Muay Thai fighter in 2002. As of July 2021, he is the #6 ranked featherweight, according to Combat Press. Kickboxing career Early career VanNostrand professional career started against Canadian Kickboxer “The Professor” Chris Williams, a spinning elbow to Williams's chin ended the fight. Kevin knocked out Aaron Castellvi in Lockport NY at Legends Rise event, in view of his idol Mike Tyson. Glory Kickboxing Kevin VanNostrand's first Glory Kickboxing competition was a Glory 19 under-card fight against Carlos Lopez. The referee called the fight in the first round for the three knock down rule. Justin Houghton fought Kevin VanNostrand at Glory 24: Denver, for a judge's split decision going to VanNostrand. Glory 27: New Jersey co-headline event was Kev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Van Nostrand
Molly Van Nostrand (born March 12, 1965) is a retired American professional tennis player. Career Van Nostrand turned professional in 1983. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1985. She had career wins over Natasha Zvereva, Helena Suková, Manuela Maleeva, Wendy Turnbull, and Dianne Fromholtz Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (née Fromholtz; born 10 August 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979. Career Fromholtz began playing tennis at the age of seven. She .... She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 37 in 1986. She retired in 1989. She is the younger sister of the late John Van Nostrand, who was also a professional tennis player. WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 1 (0–1) Grand Slam singles tournament timeline References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Nostrand, Molly 1965 births Living people American female tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Van
Wally Van (born Charles Wallace Van Nostrand; September 27, 1880 – May 9, 1974) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. Early years Van was born Charles Wallace Van Nostrand on September 27, 1880, in New Hyde Park, New York. His Dutch ancestors settled in New York in 1638. His father, Charles A. Van Nostrand, worked in the United States Customs Office, Van had two sisters and a brother. After being educated in Brooklyn's public schools, he graduated from the School of Sciences in New York City. Friends in college began calling him Wally Van. He graduated from a technical school as a civil engineer, but later he sold leather goods, then worked as an electrical engineer. As an engineer, he worked for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. A job maintaining engines of speedboats owned by the president of Vitagraph Studios provided an opening for him to get into films. His engineering background also helped him to design improvements for cameras at Vitagra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
''Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia'' is an encyclopedia published in the United States. Currently in a three volume 10th edition, it was published in two volumes for editions 6 to 9. The 8th edition is available as two CD ROMs. The first edition was published in 1938 by the D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. From about 1976 the encyclopedia was published by the Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. From the late 1990s it was published by John Wiley and Sons and by Wiley-Interscience. More than 4,000 pages long, the work provides a thorough scientific reference, while establishing a midpoint between massive multi-volume science encyclopedias and handheld reference books A reference work is a work, such as a paper, book or periodical (or their electronic equivalents), to which one can refer for information. The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Such works are usually ''referred'' to f .... This work is sometimes compared to the '' McGraw-Hill Concise Ency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Van Nostrand Tiara
''The Van Nostrand Tiara'' is a 1913 American silent film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Reggie Morris as A. J. Raffles * Claire McDowell as Kate * Harry Carey as Society Detective * Hattie Delaro See also * Harry Carey filmography This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey. 1910 * ''Bill Sharkey's Last Game'' * ''Gentleman Joe'' 1912 * ''An Unseen Enemy'' as The Thief * ''Two Daughters of Eve'' as In Audience * ''Friends'' as Bob Kyne - the Prospector * '' So Near ... External links * 1913 films 1913 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Anthony O'Sullivan Works based on A. J. Raffles 1910s American films {{short-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wiley & Son
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (), is an American multinational publishing company founded in 1807 that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials. The company produces books, journals, and encyclopedias, in print and electronically, as well as online products and services, training materials, and educational materials for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students. History The company was established in 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a print shop in Manhattan. The company was the publisher of 19th century American literary figures like James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as of legal, religious, and other non-fiction titles. The firm took its current name in 1865. Wiley later shifted its focus to scientific, technical, and engineering subject areas, abandoning its literary interests. Wiley's son John (born in Flatbush, New York, October 4, 1808; died in East Orange, New Jers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmo Kramer
Cosmo Kramer, usually referred to as simply "Kramer", is a fictional character in the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998) played by Michael Richards. The character is loosely based on comedian Kenny Kramer, Larry David's ex-neighbor across the hall. Kramer is the neighbor of the series' main character, Jerry Seinfeld, and is friends with George Costanza and Elaine Benes. Of the series' four central characters, only Kramer has no visible means of support; what few jobs he holds seem to be nothing more than larks. A lovable rogue, his trademarks include his upright hairstyle and vintage wardrobe, whose combination led Elaine to characterize him as a " hipster doofus"; his taste in fresh fruit; love of occasional smoking, Cuban cigars in particular; bursts through Jerry's apartment door without knocking; frequent pratfalls and penchant for nonsensical, percussive outbursts of noise to indicate skepticism, agreement, irritation and a variety of other feelin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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