Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet
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Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet, or in short Sorghvliet, is an independent protestant
gymnasium
in The Hague
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Sorghvliet is consistently ranked in the top 10 schools in the Netherlands by the influential magazine Elsevier
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Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
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Sorghvliet is consistently ranked in the top 10 schools in the Netherlands by the influential magazine Elsevier
Elsevier
Elsevier is a publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature. It is a part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has operations in the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere....
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Notable alumni
- Jozias van AartsenJozias van AartsenJozias Johannes van Aartsen is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy . He is the Mayor of the Hague since March 27, 2008....
, minister, frontman of VVD and mayor of The HagueThe HagueThe Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam... - Laurens Jan BrinkhorstLaurens Jan BrinkhorstLaurens Jan Brinkhorst is a Dutch D66 politician.Brinkhorst was an undersecretary of state of foreign affairs and a minister of agriculture. Furthermore he was the leader of the D66-group in the Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament...
, minister and secretary of state - Laurentien Brinkhorst, Princess of the Netherlands
- Bas de Gaay FortmanBas de Gaay FortmanBastiaan de Gaay Fortman is a Dutch politician and scholar. He has been a member of both the Dutch House of Representatives and the Senate for the PPR and GroenLinks parties...
, politician - Marnix van RijMarnix van RijMarnix Leonard Alexander van Rij is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He was the Party Chairman from 1999 until 2001.-External links:...
, chairman CDACDA-Associations:*Club de Deportes Antofagasta, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta.*Chinese Daoist Association-Industry Organisations:*Canadian Dental Association, an association of dentists in Canada*Canadian Dinghy Association... - Morris TabaksblatMorris TabaksblatMorris Tabaksblat, KBE , was a Dutch captain of industry. He was a former CEO of Unilever and chairman of the Tabaksblat committee which drafted the Tabaksblat code.-Education:...
, CEO of UnileverUnileverUnilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products.... - Paul van Vliet, comedian and ambassador of Unicef
- Simon van der MeerSimon van der MeerSimon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter.-Biography:One of four...
, physicist and 1984 Nobelprize winner - F. SpringerF. SpringerF. Springer was the pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider, a Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer.Schneider was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies...
, pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider, diplomat and writer - Tomas RossTomas RossTomas Ross is a Dutch writer who is famous for his historical criminal thrillers.He was born as Willem Pieter Hogendoorn in Den Bommel . He has used the pseudonym Tomas Ross since 1980. His father P.G...
, pseudonym of Willem Pieter Hogendoorn, writer - Jan Pronk (producer), textwriter/musicproducer
- Daphne JongejansDaphne JongejansDaphne Cérès Jongejans is a retired female diver from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1984, 1988 and 1992....
, olympic diver - Edwin JongejansEdwin JongejansEdwin Jongejans is a retired diver from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992....
, olympic diver - Jeroen Blokhuis, chessplayer