Carel de Vos van Steenwijk
Carel de Vos van Steenwijk( 11 March 1759 – 2 January 1830) was a Dutch politician and diplomat.
Lodewijk De Raet
Lodewijk De Raet( Brussels, 17 February
1870 – Vorst, 24 November 1914) was a Flemish economist and politician.
He played an important role in the Flemish movement.
He was co-founder of the" Vlaamsche volkspartij"( 1892), and was a proponent of the use of Dutch instead of French at the University of Ghent in Flanders( north part of Belgium).
He believed that the economic development of Flanders was necessary for the political and cultural strengthening of the region.
His motto was:" taalbelang is stoffelijk belang"( English: language importance is of material importance).
Already as a teenager in highschool Lodewijk De Raet showed a commitment for the" Flemish cause".
Together with August Vermeylen he started the illustrated magazine" Jong Vlaanderen"( E: Young Flanders) and he had been involved in the establishment of" De Vlaamsche Wacht"( E: Flemish guard), an organization of Flemings in Brussels.
In this organization Lodewijk De Raet developed his economic program for the development of Flanders.
In the meantime he studied, thanks to the support of Emiel Blauwaert, a friend of its deceased father, at the École polytechnique of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles( ULB).
Here he became a member of the student group" Geen Taal Geen Vrijheid"( E: no language no freedom), and he was a member of the Femish liberal( agnostic) student organization.
As a student Lodewijk De Raet became convinced that economy and education had a strong link.
In order to be able to compete economically with other regions and to acquire a sufficiently strong position to be able preserve their economic independence, the Flemish people must have" intellectual tools", such as a Flemish university.
Together with its friends of" Geen Taal Geen Vrijheid" he created a Flemish" University Extension".
In 1899, he graduated in economic sciences at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
In the same period he had been involved in the establishment of the Flemish society" Eendracht is Macht" and the Flemish publication" Schild en Vriend"( E: shield and friend).
Beside all this he became an employee of the' Institut of sociology' of Ernest Solvay.
In 1903, he started a campaign to introduce Flemish at the University of Ghent, which was accepted in 1906.
On 31 March 1911, the bill for the use of Flemish at the University of Ghent, was submitted to the Belgian parliament by Frans Van Cauwelaert, Louis Franck and Camille Huysmans.
In 1912 Lodewijk De Raet obtained a PhD in economic sciences at the" Solvay Sociology Institute".
Lodewijk De Raet died some months later and he would not witness the introduction of Flemish at the University of Ghent in 1930.
In 1952, the Foundation Lodewijk De Raet was founded, which is a foundation for education of adults.
Roelof Kranenburg
Roelof Kranenburg (Groningen, 8 September 1880 – The Hague, 27 December 1956) was a Dutch politician, lawyer and professor of state law.
Initially, he was a member of the Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond, but later he joined the PvdA.
He was president of the Senate from 1946 till 1951
He was preceded by Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk and was succeeded by his party colleague Jan Anne Jonkman.
During the Second World War, he was put under arrest by the Nazis.
Jan de Vos (historian)
Jan de Vos van Gerven( 1936 – 24 July 2011) was a Belgian historian, who lived in Mexico from 1973 until his death in 2011.
In 1995 he became guest advisor to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation( EZLN) during the peace talks between the EZLN and the Mexican Government.
Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst (politician)
Jan Joseph Godfried, Baron van Voorst tot Voorst Sr.( 16 September 1846 – 17 January 1931) was a Dutch politician and lieutenant- general of the Dutch army.
He was a member of the RKSP and was President of the Senate between 1914 and 1929.
He was preceded by Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye and was succeeded by Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk.
Susanna van Steenwijk
Susanna van Steenwijk( born after 1601 as Susanna Gaspoel – probably buried 2 August 1664, Amsterdam) was a painter of small architectural exteriors active in Leiden and Amsterdam.
Susanna's father, Johan Gaspoel, was buried in 1622 in Westham in England, when his three children were not yet 21 years of age.
In 1630 she married the architectural painter Hendrik van Steenwijk II, who was at least 20 years her elder.
She baptized a son in Amsterdam in 1632 and one in Leiden in 1634.
Her known paintings are from the 1640s, and were made in Leiden and Amsterdam.
Like her husband, she also made paintings of church interiors and a cabinet drawing of a church interior is known dated 1664 and signed" Susanna v. Steenwijk".
Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk
Willem Lodewijk, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (10 July 1859 – 12 April 1947) was a conservative Dutch politician.
He was a son of Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk, who was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880.
He was a member of the "Christelijk Historische Unie" (CHU) and president of Senate from 1929 to 1946.
He was preceded by Jan Joseph Godfried van Voorst tot Voorst and was in turn succeeded by the socialist Roelof Kranenburg.
Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk II
Jan Arend Godert, Baron de Vos van Steenwijk
(De Wijk, 25 September 1818 – Brummen, 17 October 1905) was a Dutch politician.
He was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1874 until 1880.
Willem de Vos (academic)
Willem M. de Vos (born 30 October 1954, in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch academic and microbiologist.
He studied for his PhD at the University of Groningen.
He is notable for winning the Spinozapremie in 2008.
De Vos is currently serving as an Academy Professor for the Academy of Finland.
Since 2009 De Vos is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Maerten de Vos
Maerten de Vos,
Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos( 1532 – 4 December 1603) was a Flemish painter mainly of history paintings and portraits.
He became, together with the brothers Ambrosius Francken I and Frans Francken I, one of the leading history painters in the Spanish Netherlands after Frans Floris ’ career slumped in the second half of the sixteenth century as a result of the Iconoclastic fury of the Beeldenstorm.
De Vos was a prolific draughtsman and produced numerous designs for the Antwerp printers.

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