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(Encyclopedia) Van Heemskerck, Maarten: see Heemskerck. ...

(Encyclopedia) Veen, Maarten van: see Heemskerck. ...

(Encyclopedia) Beverloo, Cornelis van: see Corneille. ...

(Encyclopedia) Van Diemen's Land: see Tasmania, Australia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Aeken, Jerom van: see Bosch, Hieronymus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Van Rompuy, Herman Achille, 1947–, Belgian statesman, b. Etterbeek. A Flemish Christian Democrat, he was president of the party from 1988 to 1993 and was a member of Belgium's parliament, serving in...

(Encyclopedia) Van Allsburg, Chris, 1949–, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. East Grand Rapids, Mich., B.F.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1972, M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, 1975. Originally a...

(Encyclopedia) Waals, Johannes Diderik van der: see van der Waals, Johannes Diderik. ...

(Encyclopedia) Meulen, Adam Frans van der äˈdäm fräns vän dĕr mölˈən [key], c.1632–1690, Flemish painter of battle scenes and portraits. He was invited to Paris c.1665 and accompanied Louis XIV on militar...

(Encyclopedia) van't Hoff, Jacobus Hendricus yäkōˈbəs hĕndrēˈkəs vänt hôf [key], 1852–1911, Dutch physical chemist. He taught at the universities of Amsterdam (1878–96) and Berlin (from 1896). For his ...