Lens (surname)

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Lens is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Lens is a now rare short form of Laurens. [1] [2] Notable people with the surname include:

Dutch language West Germanic language

Dutch(Nederlands ) is a West Germanic language spoken by around 23 million people as a first language and 5 million people as a second language, constituting the majority of people in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives English and German.

A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames.

Laurens is a masculine Dutch given name, the equivalent of Lawrence. Notable people with the name include:

Andries Cornelis Lens Belgian painter

Andries Cornelis Lens or André Corneile Lens was a Flemish painter, illustrator, art theoretician and art educator. He is known for his history paintings of biblical and mythological subjects and portraits. Wishing to contribute to the revival of painting in Flanders, he took his inspiration from the classical traditions of the 16th century and drew inspiration from Raphael. He was thus a promotor of Neoclassicism in Flemish art. He was a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp. Lens was court painter to the governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands and settled in Brussels where he married.

Anton Lens was a Dutch international footballer who earned two caps for the national side in 1906. Lens played club football for HBS Craeyenhout between 1903 and 1909, scoring ten goals in 59 appearances.

Bernard Lens I (c.1630–1707) was a Dutch painter and writer of religious treatises.

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References

  1. ↑ Lens at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ↑ Lens at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
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