Johannes Marius Meulenhoff was born in 1869 in Zwolle, the second child in a well-to-do family. His father was an apothecary; on his mother's side were two family members who ran bookstores, and one connected to W. P. van Stockum, a book trader in The Hague. Meulenhoff attended the Hogere Burgerschool and then did an internship with a bookseller in Zwolle. [1] In 1895 he founded publishing house J.M. Meulenhoff.
Zwolle is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle borders on the province of Gelderland and is east of the river IJssel.
PEC Zwolle is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Eredivisie for a total of 22 seasons, reaching sixth place in 2015. They won the KNVB Cup in 2014 and also reached the final in 1928, 1977 and 2015.
Jhr. Rhijnvis Feith was a Dutch poet.
Stefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He was head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2002 for the novel Als op de eerste dag.
Uitgeverij Lannoo Groep is a Belgian publishing group, based in Tielt, with assets in Belgium and the Netherlands. Its Belgian subsidiary is Uitgeverij Lannoo. Its Dutch subsidiary is LannooMeulenhoff. Over the years Lannoo evolved from Catholic and Flemish to an open, commercial publishing house.
Patricia De Martelaere was a Flemish philosopher, professor, author and essayist. Born in Zottegem, Belgium, her full name was Patricia Marie Madeleine Godelieve. She graduated in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven and then taught and lectured there and at the Catholic University of Brussels.
Ethel Portnoy was a Dutch writer of prose, who wrote essays, columns, short stories, travel stories and several novels.
van Voorst tot Voorst is an old Dutch noble family from the province of Overijssel.
The House of Rechteren is the name of an old noble family belonging to the Dutch and German nobility. The German branch of Counts von Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld has been mediatised.
Lying Cow is the name of two oil paintings created by Vincent van Gogh around 1882 when he was living at The Hague.
Landscape with Pollard Willows is an oil painting created in April 1884 by Vincent van Gogh.
Tree Roots is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he painted in July 1890 when he lived in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. The painting is an example of the double-square canvases that he employed in his last landscapes.
Landscape with a Carriage and a Train is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he painted in June 1890 when he lived in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Pieter Biesboer, is a Dutch art historian and prolific writer on 17th-century Dutch art. His specialty is art from Haarlem.
View of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint-Rémy is an oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh that he painted in autumn 1889 at Saint-Rémy, France, where he had voluntarily incarcerated himself in a lunatic asylum.
Franz Wilhelm Maria Deutmann was a Dutch painter and photographer. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and is considered to be part of the Laren School, an offshoot of the Hague School, which is an independent part of the international movement of impressionism.
The 2015 KNVB Cup final was an association football match between PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen on 3 May 2015 at De Kuip, Rotterdam. It was the final match of the 2014–15 KNVB Cup and the 97th final of the Dutch cup competition, the KNVB Cup. Zwolle were appearing in their fourth KNVB Cup final, and were the defending champions, having won the trophy for the first time the previous year by defeating Ajax 5–1. Groningen reached the cup final once before when they lost to PSV in 1989. PEC and Groningen entered the competition in the second round and progressed through five rounds to reach the final. Zwolle won after extra time in the quarter-final and were victorious in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final. After defeating amateur clubs in the second and third rounds, Groningen eliminated three professional sides from the competition by a three-goal difference or more. En route to the final, Groningen scored the most goals of all teams during the cup season, netting 22 goals.
Francès Cornelia Marjolin-Scheffer was a French artist and designer, notable for her drawings, ceramics and sculptures.
Anthony Albertus Hermance "Thom" van Campen is a Dutch politician. He has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) since the 2021 general election. Van Campen previously held a seat in the Zwolle municipal council (2011–2021) and served as a political assistant.
The Letter is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, created c. 1660-1665. The work is in the British Royal Collection. It was purchased by King George IV in 1814 from the collection of the British banker Sir Thomas Baring. Earlier, in 1805, it had been acquired by Baring's father, at a time when many Dutch paintings from the 17th century where being sold abroad.
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