Frederik Carel Gerretson

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Frederik Carel Gerretson

Frederik Carel Gerretson , pseudonym Geerten Gossaert (born February 9, 1884 in Kralingen , today part of Rotterdam , † October 27, 1958 in Utrecht ), was a Dutch historian , poet and politician .

Profession and Politics

Gerretson studied sociology in Brussels from 1907 . In Belgium he came into contact with the Flemish Movement and, together with Geyl, became one of the most influential exponents of the Greater Netherlands idea , the idea of ​​uniting the Netherlands with Flanders ("Groot-Nederland").

From 1913 Gerretson was an official in the Dutch Colonial Ministry . After the beginning of the First World War he worked closely with the German embassy in The Hague , which tried to influence Flemish exiles as part of the Flemish policy . With German help he succeeded u. a. bring the newspaper De Vlaamsche Stem under his control. Since his doctoral supervisor from Brussels refused to supervise his doctorate due to these political activities, he received his doctorate from the Heidelberg historian Eberhard Gothein on the function of the state and the economic system among the lower hunter peoples through the mediation of the German legation .

From 1917 Gerretson worked for the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij, a subsidiary of Shell, and in this role traveled to the company's various production sites, particularly in what was then the Dutch East Indies . From 1925 he became a professor of the history of the Dutch East Indies at the University of Utrecht . His main works as a historian are a five-volume history of the Shell company and a two-volume history of the Belgian Revolution of 1830.

Gerretson founded the Nationale Unie in 1925 , of which he became chairman in 1931 and played an important role in the campaign against the Belgian-Dutch treaty , which a. a. provided for joint control of the Scheldt estuary and the construction of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal . In 1934 he left the National University after officials were banned from membership in fascist organizations. During the German occupation of the Netherlands from May 1940, he withdrew into private life.

After the Second World War Gerretson returned to politics and came out primarily with criticism of the politics in the Dutch East Indies. From 1951 to 1956 he represented the CHU in the First Chamber of the States General .

Writing

Gerretson at the Constantijn Huygensprijs award , 1950

In 1911, under the pseudonym Geerten Gossaerts , his first volume of poetry, Experimenten , was published in Brussels and received rave reviews. Gerretson was then counted with the poets JC Bloem , PN van Eyck and A. Roland Holst to the generation of 1910 ("De generatie van 1910"). The volume experienced several new editions, with each new poem being added up to the eleventh edition. Gerretson published several essays in 1947 and was co-editor of several magazines. In 1950 he received the Constantijn Huygensprijs for his complete works .

Works (selection)

  • Experiments (1911)
  • Written estate [Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer] , published together with Adriaan Goslinga (1925)
  • Nederland, Vlaanderen, België: memories en vertoogen (1927)
  • The 'Koninklijke' divorce , 5 volumes (1932–1973), Shell history
  • History of the Royal Dutch (1953–1957)
  • Muiterij en Scheuring, 1830 (1936)
  • Verzamelde werken , 7 volumes, edited by G. Puchinger (1973–1987)
  • Briefwisseling Gerretson-Geyl , 5 volumes, edited by P. Van Hees and G. Puchinger (1979–1981)
  • Briefwisseling Gerretson-Van Eyck , edited by P. Van Hees and G. Puchinger (1984)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ G. Puchinger: Gerretson, Frederik Carel (1884-1958) . In: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland , Volume 3, The Hague 1989
  2. ↑ Nicole Eversdijk: Culture as a political advertising. A contribution to the German cultural and press policy work in the Netherlands during the First World War . Münster 2010, p. 153.
  3. ↑ Anthonis A. De Jonge and Pieter Van Hees: Gerretson, Frederik Carel . In: Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Bewegungsing , Volume 2, Tielt 1998, pp. 1290–1291.
  4. ↑ GJ van Bork: Geerten Gossaert . In: Schrijvers en Dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I) , 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Gerretson, Frederik Carel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gossaert, Geerten (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch historian, poet and politician (NU, CHU)
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Kralingen
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1958
Place of death Utrecht