Vries may refer to:
- Sherwin Vries (born 1980), South African sprinter
- Vries, Drenthe, a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe
Other articles related to "vries":
... Botanist Hugo de Vries submitted a paper to the German journal Comptes Rendus, outlining a rediscovery of Mendel's laws of heredity ... Both de Vries and German botanist Carl Correns had been working independently of each other in 1900 and found Gregor Mendel's 1865 paper on genetics ... Wrote De Vries, "I draw the conclusion that the law of segregation of hybrids as discovered by Mendel for peas finds very general application in the plant kingdom.. ...
... De Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames ... Hence, "De Vries" means "The Frisian" ... People named De Vries Adriaen de Vries (1556–1626) — Dutch sculptor Albert de Vries (born 1955) — Dutch politician Ali de Vries (1914–2007) — Dutch athlete Anne de Vries (1904–1964 ...
... Bob de Vries (born December 16, 1984, Haule) is a Dutch professional marathon speed skater and long track speed skater ... He is the brother of Elma de Vries ...
... Mered de Vries (born September 25, 1977) is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in the small village of Harich in Friesland ... De Vries played seven seasons at Dutch highest league participants AMVJ before she moved to Italy to play for Asystel Milan and Busto Arsizio ... During the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 De Vries teamed up with six different players without hardly making any progress ...
... Alida Elisabeth Christina Gerritsen-De Vries, born Ali de Vries (9 August 1914 – 20 January 2007) was a Dutch athlete, who finished in fifth position at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 4 ...
Famous quotes containing the word vries:
“I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best—it’s all they’ll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money—provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don’t need it.”
—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)
“Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”
—Peter De Vries (20th century)
“We must love one another, yes, yes, that’s all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. It may be the very recognition of all men as our brothers that accounts for the sibling rivalry, and even enmity, we have toward so many of them.”
—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)