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9 unusual facts about Van Vliet


Van Vliet

Hans van Vliet (born 1949), Dutch computer scientist and Professor of Software Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

:nl:Jeremias van Vliet (thai Wan Walit - วัน วลิต) (1602-1663), Dutch East India Company director and historian in Thailand

Carolyne M. Van Vliet (born in Dordrecht), Dutch-born American physicist

:nl:Paul van Vliet (born 1935), Dutch cabaretier and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Maury Van Vliet (1913-2001), Canadian physical education academic

Claire Van Vliet (born 1933), Canadian artist, illustrator and typographer

Don Van Vliet better known as Captain Beefheart (1941-2010), American musician and painter

Hans Van Vliet, better known as Hunz (born 1976), Australian electronic pop musician of the band Hunz

Stewart Van Vliet (1815-1901), Union general of the American Civil War



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Carolyne M. Van Vliet

Then from the same university Van Vliet obtained an MA in physics, in 1953, and a PhD in 1956 for a thesis entitled Current Fluctuations in Semiconductors and Photoconductors, under Gerardus J. Sizoo.

Chris Van Vliet

Following 969, Van Vliet returned to Toronto where he co-hosted the program Inside Jam! with Tara Slone on Sun TV.

Galaxian

-- Note: Guinness World Records source their Arcade world records scores from Twin Galaxies --> until beaten by newcomer Aart van Vliet, of the Netherlands, who scored 1,653,270 points on May 27, 2009 at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire, USA.

Gysbert Van Steenwyk, Sr.

Born Gijsbert van Steenwijk as the son of Arnoud van Steenwijk and Neeltje van Vliet in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Van Steenwyk received an academic education.

MV Mebo II

The Mebo II was originally the Dutch freighter, "Silvretta," built in 1948 by De Groot en van Vliet, Slikkerveer.

The Spotlight Kid

Stereo Review acknowledged the album as Beefheart's attempt to "go commercial," while opining that "Captain's conception of commercial is still sweetly weird." Colman Andrews writing in Phonograph Record Magazine described the album as evidence that Van Vliet was "the greatest white blues singer in America today."