Stuyvesant

Stuyvesant
biographical name Peter circa 1610-1672 Dutch colonial administrator in America

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  • Stuyvesant — can refer to: * Peter Stuyvesant, last governor of New Netherland. * Peter Stuyvesant, a cigarette brand by British American Tobacco In Manhattan, New York * Stuyvesant Street is a street on what was once Peter Stuyvesant s farm. * Stuyvesant… …   Wikipedia

  • Stuyvesant — bezeichnet den letzten Generaldirektor der Kolonie Nieuw Nederland, siehe Petrus Stuyvesant eine Zigarettenmarke, siehe Peter Stuyvesant (Zigarettenmarke) Stuyvesant ist außerdem der Name eines Orts im US Bundesstaat New York Siehe auch:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Stuyvesant —   [ ʃtɔi̯vəzant, niederländisch stœi̯vəzɑnt], Petrus (englisch Peter), niederländischer Kolonialpolitiker, * Scherpenzeel (heute zu Weststellingwerf, Provinz Friesland) um 1610 (1592 ?), ✝ New York Februar 1672; ab 1635 im Dienst der… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Stuyvesant — [stī′və sənt] Peter 1592 1672; last Du. governor of New Netherland (1646 64) …   English World dictionary

  • Stuyvesant — noun the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592 1672) • Syn: ↑Peter Stuyvesant, ↑Petrus Stuyvesant • Instance Hypernyms: ↑administrator, ↑executive …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village — Stuyvesant Town von der First Avenue Richtung Uptown gesehen (2006) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn — Stuyvesant Heights is a neighborhood in north central Brooklyn (New York City) founded in the mid 1600s when the borough was incorporated as a city at that time. The borders of the neighborhood are from Throop/Kingston Avenues (bordering the… …   Wikipedia

  • Stuyvesant (Nueva York) — Stuyvesant Pueblo de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Stuyvesant Fish — (June 24, 1851 April 10, 1923) was president of the Illinois Central Railroad.Fish was born in New York City, the son of Hamilton Fish and his wife Julia Ursin Niemcewicz, née Kean. A graduate of Columbia College, he was later an executive of the …   Wikipedia

  • Stuyvesant Street (Manhattan) — Stuyvesant Street is one of the oldest streets in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Originally it ran east through The Bowery, i.e. Peter Stuyvesant s bowery (or bouwerij, which is the old Dutch word for farm), from Bowery Road, which today …   Wikipedia

  • Stuyvesant Fish Morris — I (August 3, 1843 May 10, 1928) was an American physician and the progenitor of Manhattan s prominent family of physicians.He was the son of Richard Lewis Morris I (1805 1880) and Elizabeth Sarah Stuyvesant Fish (1810 1881) and he was born in… …   Wikipedia

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