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Botha, Pieter Willem

(Encyclopedia)Botha, Pieter Willem p´tr vl´m b´t [key], 1916–2006, South African political leader. An Afrikaner and a member of the right-wing National party, he first entered parliament in 1948. B...

Botha, Louis

(Encyclopedia)Botha, Louis b´t [key], 1862–1919, South African soldier and statesman. A Boer (Afrikaner), he participated in the founding (1884) of the New Republic, which joined (1888) the Transvaal. Althou...

Willem-Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Willem-Alexander, 1967–, king of the Netherlands, eldest son of Queen Beatrix. He served (1985–87) in the navy and graduated (1993)from Leiden Univ.; he has been a member of the International Olym...

Barentz, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Barentz or Barents, Willem both: v´lm bä´rnts [key], d. 1597, Dutch navigator. He made three voyages (1594, 1595, 1596–97) in search of the Northeast Passage to Asia. He reached Novaya Zeml...

Einthoven, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Einthoven, Willem vl´m nt´hvn [key], 1860–1927, Dutch physiologist, b. Java, M.D. Univ. of Utrecht, 1885. He was professor at the Univ. of Leiden from 1886. To measure the electric curre...

Janszoon, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Janszoon, Willem v´lm yän´sn [key] fl. late 16th–early 17th cent., Dutch navigator and colonial governor; his name also appears was Jansz or Janssen. Janszoon served (1603–11, 1612–16, ...

Kieft, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Kieft, Willem vl´m kft [key], 1597–1647, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. Arriving in New Amsterdam in 1638 to succeed Wouter Van Twiller, Kieft immediately assumed absolute control....

Kloos, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Kloos, Willem vl´m kls [key], 1859–1938, Dutch poet and critic. In 1885 he founded the progressive literary journal De Nieuwe Gids [the new guide]. His personal anger against prevailing modes...

Mengelberg, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Mengelberg, Willem (Josef Willem Mengelberg)y´zf vl´m mng´lbrk [key], 1871–1951, Dutch conductor. Conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1895–1945), he was noted for ...

Bilderdijk, Willem

(Encyclopedia)Bilderdijk, Willem wl´m bl´drdk [key], 1756–1831, Dutch poet. He tutored Louis Bonaparte in Dutch and later conducted a small private college at Leiden, where his pupils included Isaäc ...