Albert Cornelis Vreede

Albert Cornelis Vreede

Albert Cornelis Vreede (born January 29, 1840 in Gorinchem , † August 20, 1908 in Leiden ) was a Dutch Indologist .

Life

Albert Cornelis was the son of the lawyer and later Utrecht law professor George Willem Vreede (1809-1880) and his wife Anna Catharina Hoff (born November 11, 1815 in Leeuwarden, † April 29, 1877 in Utrecht). He had attended the Hieronymus School, the grammar school and from August 24, 1857 the university in Utrecht . Initially, he wanted to study law, which is why he first studied literature. His most influential teachers were Simon Karsten (1802–1864), Jacques Adolphe Charles Rovers (1803–1874), Pieter Harting (1812–1885), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel and Gerardus Johannes Mulder . In 1859 he completed his candidate examination in literary sciences and switched to studies in chemistry and sugar culture. Thereupon he went to the Dutch East Indies from 1861 to 1868 .

After returning to the Netherlands in 1870, he passed his official examination for the Dutch East Indies in Delft and subsequently worked as a private lecturer and assistant at the Institute for Civil Servants in the Dutch East Indies in Leiden. On September 11, 1877, Vreede was appointed professor of Javanese language and literature at the University of Leiden , which he held on October 11, 1877 with the introductory speech De beoefening der Javaansche taal an de rijksinstellingen van Indisch onderwijs as grondslag voor de studie dier taal aan de rijksuniversiteit . On June 11, 1892, the Senate of the University of Leiden awarded him an honorary doctorate in linguistics, geography and ethnology of the Indian archipelago. In addition, in 1896/97, as rector of the alma mater, he also took part in the organizational tasks of the university, giving the rector's speech De oorspronklijke en figuurlijke beteekenissen der Javaansche woorden when he resigned . Vreede became a member of the Society for Dutch Literature in Leiden, in 1896 Knight of the Order of the North Star of Sweden and in 1903 Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion .

family

Vreede was married twice. His first marriage was on April 4, 1872 in Leiden with Cornelia Boot (* June 13, 1851 in Amsterdam, † March 14, 1878 in Leiden), the daughter of Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813-1892) and Wilhelmina Cramer (* October 28, 1816 in Amsterdam; † November 1, 1901 in The Hague). His second marriage was on July 6, 1882 in Rotterdam with Johanna Geertruida Adriana van Oosterzee (* December 3, 1856 in Rotterdam † March 6, 1943 in Leiden), the daughter of Mattheus Henrik Cornelis van Oosterzee (* 1824; † 10. January 1897 in Rotterdam) and Anna Maria Cornelia Schadee (born March 27, 1820 in Rotterdam; † December 25, 1863 ibid). The children come from marriages:

• Georg Willem Vreede (born January 21, 1873 in Leiden, † September 20, 1944 in Oosterbeek) married. May 2, 1894 with Maria Johanna Margaretha Mathijsen (born May 1, 1894 in Buitenzorg), daughter of Pieter Hendrik Mathijsen and Maria Jacoba Feith.
• Albert Cornelis Vreede (born August 21, 1875 in Leiden, † May 23, 1900 in Leiden)
• Mattheus Henricus Cornelis Vreede (born May 30, 1883 in Leiden) m. I. Marriage 1908 Johanna Henrietta Everts (* August 29, 1888 in; † August 3, 1971 in Zeist), the daughter of Prof. Dr. Stephanus Gerhard Everts (1852–1928) and Margaretha Catharina Keijser (1848–1920); mated II Marriage on May 21, 1918 in Haarlem (closed October 26, 1933), with the painter Johanna Helena Mulder (born August 24, 1897 in Haarlem; † July 20, 1970 in The Hague).

Works (selection)

• Handleiding tot de beoefening the Madoereesche taal. Leiden 1874, 2nd vol.
• Aanhangsel met bijvoegsels en verbeteringen behoorende bij het eerste en tweede stuk van de handleiding tot de beoefening der Madoereesche taal. Leiden 1877; 2nd ed., Leiden 1882–90, 4th vol.
• Tjarita Brakaj, Madoereesche Dongeng met Madoereesch-Javaansch-Nederlandsche woordenlijst en aanteekeningen. Leiden 1878
• Knopte Javaansche Grammatica benevens een leesboek tot oefening in de Javaansche taal door T. Roorda. Zwolle 1874, 1882, 1892, 1906
• Javaan samenspraken by CF Winter uitgegeven by T. Roorda. 3rd edition Leiden 1882, 4th edition Leiden 1903
• Javaansch-Nederduitsch Handwoordenboek, nieuwe bewerking van het woordenboek van wijlen JFC Gericke door T. Roorda. 2nd edition Amsterdam 1875; 3rd edition Leiden 1886; 4th ed., Leiden 1901, 2nd vol.
• Javaansch Brievenboek naar manuscripts uitgegeven door T. Roorda. 2nd edition Leiden 1875, 3rd edition Leiden 1904;
• Catalogus of the Jav. en Mad. Manuscripts van der Leidsche Bibliotheek. Leiden 1882
• Kantteekeningen op de woordenlijst van Kern's Fidjitaal. 1887

literature

• AEJ HOLWERDA: Levensbericht van AC Vreede. In: Handelingen en mededeelingen van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden, over het jaar 1908-1909. EJ Brill, Leiden 1909, pp. 121–171 ( online )
• HH Juynboll: VREEDE (Albert Cornelis) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 3. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1354–1355 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1914, reprinted unchanged).
• Onze Hoogleeraren. Portretten en Biografieën. Nihgh & van Ditmar. Rotterdam, 1898, p. 93
• How is that? Uitgevers-Maatschaapij "Vivat", Amsterdam, 1902,
• G: Dr. AC Vreedé. †. In: Jaarboekje voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde van Leiden en Rijnland. AW Sijthoff, Leiden, 1909
• CA SIEGENBEEK VAN HEUKELOM-LAMME. OCD IDENBURG-SIEGENBEEK VAN HEUKELOM: ALBUM SCHOLASTICUM, ACADEMIAE LUGDUNO-BATAVAE, MDLXXV — MCMXL. EJ BRILL, Leiden, 1941,

Web links

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