Cornelis Christiaan Berg (philologist)

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CC Berg (1958)

Cornelis Christiaan Berg (born December 18, 1900 in Rotterdam , † June 25, 1990 in Leiden ) was a Dutch Indologist and is considered an important researcher on Indonesia .

Life

Cornelis Christiaan was born to the father of the same name (born August 16, 1871 in Rotterdam; † 1953) and his first wife Adriana Jacoba Goeman (born around 1870 in Nootdorp; † December 30, 1919 in Rotterdam). After attending grammar school in Schiedam, he began studying oriental languages at the University of Leiden in 1919 . Here he mainly dealt with Arabic and Sanskrit . On July 8, 1927 he received his doctorate with the thesis De Middeljavaansche historical traditie (German: The Central Javanese historical tradition ) for a doctorate in philosophy. In the same year he moved to Indonesia , where he lived in Surakarta . At the secondary school there he taught the Javanese language and also studied the Old Javanese language and literature. To this end, he also traveled to Bali and the Philippines in 1928.

On January 23, 1929 he was appointed professor of the Javanese language and Austronesian linguistics at the University of Leiden, which task he took on on February 20, 1929 with the introductory speech Hoofdlijnen der Javaansche Litteratuurgeschiedenis (German: Outline of the Javanese literary history ). From that time on he intensified his scientific research and published several books on the Javanese culture and language. In 1938 he undertook another research trip to Indonesia, where the Second World War kept him for eight years instead of the planned two years. In 1946 he returned to the Netherlands and worked further than his chair at the University of Leiden. In 1947 he was accepted as a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences .

In the academy year 1948/49 he was elected rector of the alma mater , for which he gave the rector's speech Poëzie der herscheppende wetenschap (German: Poetry of the transformation of science ) on February 8, 1949 . On April 23, 1951 he took over the special professorship for the history and development of the Malay language at the University of Amsterdam , which he took over with the speech De problematiek van het Bahasa-Indonesia-experiment (German: The problematic of the Malay language experiment ) and alongside his Leiden professorship until 1967. In 1955 he began a series of publications on the last kingdom on the island of Java: Mataram . In 1962 and 1969 he published two works on Javanese Buddhism . After he retired from his professorship on September 20, 1971, he died on June 25, 1990 with his family in Leiden.

family

Berg married on August 19, 1925 in Leiden with Alida Apolonia van Ulden (born June 5, 1900 in Leiden, † May 24, 1977 in Warmond), the daughter of the businessman Petrus van Ulden and Maria Magdalena Smits. There are children from the marriage. We know of these:

  • Else (Els) Marie Berg (born July 23, 1926 in Leiden; † December 20, 2013 in Zeist) married. I 1951 with Jacobus van der Werff ten Bosch (closed 1978)
  • Robert Frederik Berg (born February 11, 1928 in Soerakarta; † July 25, 1972 in Soulac-sur-Mer / France) married. I 1954 (dated 1966) with Miek van Schaik (* July 10, 1936; † March 25, 2003), married. II 1967 with Anne Michelson (* France; † July 25, 1972 in Soulac-sur-Mer / France)
  • Paulina (Paula) Aletta Berg (born July 19, 1930 in Leiden), married. April 22, 1957 in Leiden (closed 1980) with Pieter Ebskamp (* October 19, 1925; † December 31, 1999)
  • Magdalena (Magda) Maria Berg (born October 16, 1931 in Leiden)
  • Theresia (Trees) Maria Berg (born November 2, 1934 in Leiden) married. Sam Rozemond
  • Ernestine (Erna) Theodora Maria Berg (born January 11, 1938 in Leiden), married. I 1964 (Gesch. 1980) with Guus Collée (born April 3, 1933, † October 25, 1991); mated II 1985 with Ko Vijn (* 1941)
  • Cornelis (Kees) Christiaan Berg (born January 12, 1941 in Batavia) m. I August 28, 1967 in Leiden with Margaretha Maria Christina (Margriet) Kohlbeck (* July 19, 1947 in Leiden)

Works (selection)

  • Clothing Sunda The Hague 1927
  • De Middeljavaansche historical traditie Santpoort 1927
  • Sundayana clothing . 1928
  • Clothing pamañcangah Santpoort 1929
  • Hoofdlijnen der Javaansche litteratuurgeschiedenis . Groningen 1929
  • Rangga Lawe, Middeljavaansche historical novel Weltevreden 1930
  • Prånåtjitrå, a Javaansche runde Santpoort 1930
  • Harsa-Wijaya clothing . The Hague 1931
  • Hindu literature in Java . 1932
  • Babad Bla-Batuh, de divorced van een tak of the Jĕlantik Santpoort family in 1932
  • De Çiwa hymn from de Arjunawiwaha . The Hague 1933
  • Critische beschouwing van Neerlands cultureelen invloed en Neerlands cultureele taak in Oost-Indië Den Haag 1934
  • Bijdrage tot de kennis der Javaansche werkwoordsvormen . The Hague 1937
  • Opmerkingen over de chronologie van de oudste geschiedenis van Maja-pahit en over Krtarajasajayawardhana's regeering . The Hague 1938
  • Indië's talenweelde en Indië's taalproblemen Groningen 1939
  • Poëzie the rattling wetenschap . Groningen 1949
  • De problematiek van het Bahasa-Indonesia-experiment Groningen 1951
  • Herkomst, vorm en functie der Middeljavaanse rijksdelingstheorie Amsterdam 1953
  • De evolutie der Javaanse geschiedschrijving Amsterdam 1951
  • De Sadeng-oorlog en de mythe van Groot-Majapahit Amsterdam 1951
  • Het rijk van de Vijfvoudige Buddha Amsterdam 1962
  • Ilmu-ilmu kebudajaan di Indonesia Jakarta 1972
  • Penulisan sejarah Jawa Jakarta 1974

literature

  • EM Uhlenbeck: Levens report CC Berg. In: Jaarboek of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 1991. Amsterdam, pp. 130–136 ( Online PDF )
  • JJ Ras: In memoriam Professor CC Berg, 18-12-1900 dead 25-6-1990. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- and Folklore. 147, No. 1, Leiden, pp. 1-11
  • Gerard A. Nagelkerke: Bibliography Cornelis Christiaan Berg. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- and Folklore. 147 vol., No. 1, Leiden, pp. 12-16
  • How is that? Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1948, p. 33

Web links

  • Mountain entry at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
  • Berg in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
  • Berg University Catalog of the University of Amsterdam
  • Berg at the digital library of Dutch literature
  • Genealogy link accessed on January 21, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Berg, Cornelis Christiaan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch indologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1990
Place of death Leiden (city)