Provoost
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Provoost is a surname, and may refer to:
- Jan ProvoostJan ProvoostJan Provoost, or Jean Provost, or Jan Provost was a Flemish painter. He was one of the most famous Netherlandish painters of his generation, a prolific master who left his early workshop in Valenciennes to run two workshops, one in Bruges, where he was made a burgher in 1494, the other...
(1465 – 1529), Flemish painter - Samuel ProvoostSamuel ProvoostSamuel Provoost was the third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, as well as the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 with Bishop William White. He was born in New York City, of Huguenot descent, in 1742, and educated at...
(1742 – 1815), third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA - Anne ProvoostAnne ProvoostAnne Provoost Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964 in the Belgian town of Poperinge, is a Flemish author who now lives in Antwerp with her husband and three children.-Career:...
(b. 1964), Belgian author - William ProvoostWilliam ProvostWilliam Provost was a Protestant and a merchant who lived in Antwerp, then a city in the Netherlands. William's descendants settled in New Amsterdam in the early 1600s; he had famous descendants and relatives in North American history; and many North Americans can trace their lineage back to...
(aka 'Guilliame Provoost') (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1556–1607), was a ProtestantProtestantismProtestantism 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...
in Antwerp who fled religious persecution and his descendants settled in New AmsterdamNew AmsterdamNew Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that served as the capital of New Netherland. It later became New York City....
(now New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
) in the early 1600s