Barend Sijmons

Barend Sijmons , alternatively Symons (born November 18, 1853 in Rotterdam , † March 28, 1935 in Groningen ) was a Dutch German and Scandinavian Medievalist and Indo-Europeanist . He was professor for comparative linguistics at the University of Groningen .

Sijmons, whose father was a doctor, studied German and Romance studies after graduating from the Ratsgymnasium in Hanover in Leipzig from 1873 to 1876 with Hermann Brockhaus , Georg Curtius , Adolf Ebert , Rudolf Hildebrand and Friedrich Zarncke, among others . At Zarncke he received his doctorate in 1876 with a thesis on the Völsunga saga , which was published in print in the journal Contributions to the History of German Language and Literature (PBB 3, 1876 pp. 199-303).

From 1876 to 1881 he was initially a private lecturer in German and English linguistics and literature in Groningen, and in 1881 he was appointed to a full professorship for comparative linguistics - with particular emphasis on the Germanic languages and Sanskrit as well as German linguistics and literary studies. From 1891 to 1892 he was rector of Groningen University. He retired in 1924.

literature

Henk Harbers: Barend Sijmons. In: Christoph König (Ed.), With the assistance of Birgit Wägenbaur u. a .: Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800–1950 . Volume 3: R-Z. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 1733-1734.
Inge de Wilde: Work maakt het bestaan draaglijk. Barend Sijmons (1853-1935) . Groningen 2007.
Hans Fix: A friendship in letters. Hugo Gering and Barend Sijmons 1880-1925 . In: Amsterdam Contributions to Older German Studies 67, 2011, pp. 343–382.
Hans Fix: Barend Sijmons to Andreas Heusler - seven letters between 1896 and 1930 . In: Amsterdam Contributions to Older German Studies 74, 2015, pp. 227–251.

Web links

Publications by Barend Sijmons in the OPAC of the Regesta imperii
Entry on Barend Sijmons in the directory of professors at the University of Groningen
Obituary for Barend Sijmons by Moritz Schönfeld : Levens reports by B. Sijmons (18 November 1853 - 28 Maart 1935). (PDF; 243 kB) In: Jaarboek, Amsterdam, 1934–1935, pp. 229–235.

Individual evidence

↑ Information on the student with Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens : Schulnachrichten. In: ders .: Annual report of the Lyceum I in Hanover on the school year 1872/73. Jürgens, Hanover 1873, p. 41.

personal data
SURNAME	Sijmons, Barend
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Symons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch Medievalist and Indo-Europeanist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1935
Place of death	Groningen

[1] Information on the student with Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens : Schulnachrichten. In: ders .: Annual report of the Lyceum I in Hanover on the school year 1872/73. Jürgens, Hanover 1873, p. 41.