Frederik Muller Jzn.

Frederik Muller

Frederik Muller Jzn. (Born February 26, 1883 in Haarlem ; † December 28, 1944 in Leiden ) was a Dutch classical philologist .

Life

Frederik was born as the son of the professor of Dutch language Jacob Wijbrand Muller (born June 14, 1858 in Amsterdam; † March 18, 1945 in Leiden) and his wife Catharina Johanna Aletta Heijnsius, who was married on December 8, 1881 (born February 28, 1858 in Amsterdam ; † August 7, 1911 in Forbach) born. In 1895 he attended the municipal high school in Leiden , where Pieter Helbert Damsté (born August 10, 1860 in Wilsum, † February 5, 1943 in Utrecht) was his formative teacher. In 1901 he began to study classical literature at the University of Leiden , moved to the Reich University of Groningen and in 1907 to the University of Utrecht . In Utrecht he passed his candidate examination and passed his doctoral examination. He then continued his studies with Georg Wissowa and Friedrich Bechtel at the University of Halle-Wittenberg , at the University of Leipzig , at the University of Berlin and with Antoine Meillet at the Paris Sorbonne . Returning to the Netherlands, he received his doctorate under Damsté on April 22, 1910 in Utrecht with the subject De veterum, imprimis Romanorum studiis etymologicis (German: The old, especially Roman studies of etymology ) as a doctor of philosophy. He then worked as a teacher at the grammar school in Zwolle , in 1911 in the same capacity at the municipal grammar school in Utrecht and in 1913 became a teacher at the Dutch Lyceum in The Hague , where he was promoted to vice-principal some time later.

On February 12, 1919 he was appointed professor of Latin language and literature at the University of Amsterdam , which task began on May 12 of the same year with the introductory speech Cicero in zijn blijvende beteekenis (German: Cicero in its lasting meaning ). On June 2, 1921, he was appointed professor of the Latin language, its literature and Roman antiquities at the University of Leiden, which he did on October 5 of the same year with the inaugural speech De Confessiones van Augustinus (German: The Confessions of St. Augustine ) took over. In the academy year 1939/40 he became rector of the Alma Mater , for which he delivered the rector's speech Het Reveil van Augustus (German: The Revival of Augustus ) on February 8, 1940 . On April 27, 1925, Muller became a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and in 1940 a member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen . Muller had come to terms with the German occupiers during the Second World War. Therefore, he was increasingly shunned by those around him. Completely lonely, he then committed suicide.

family

Muller married on December 28, 1910 in Groningen with Sibilla Plantina Nieboer (born May 19, 1884 in Groningen; † November 23, 1937 in Leiden), the daughter of Jacobus Kornelis Jacobs Nieboer (born June 28, 1855 in Groningen; † 22 September 1936 in Deventer) and his wife Meddina Alberta Hermanna Grevers (born February 17, 1860 in Groningen; † June 11, 1933 in Hilversum). The marriage has two sons and two daughters. From the children we know:

• Jacob Wijbrand Muller (born March 16, 1912 in Utrecht) married. April 17, 1943 in Leiden with NJ Minnema
• Jacobus Kornelius Jacobs Muller (born October 16, 1916 in Wassenaar) m. September 16, 1943 in Utrecht Coby Miedema
• Catharina Johanna Aletta Muller (born May 26, 1918 in Wassenaar)
• Medina Alberta Hermanna Muller (born March 15, 1921 in Amsterdam - † July 10, 2011)

Works (selection)

• De veterum, imprimis Romanorum studiis etymologicis. Pars I. Utrecht, 1910 ( online )
• Syntaxis. Groningen 1919
• Cicero in zijn blijvende beteekenis. Groningen 1919
• Grieksch woordenboek. Groningen 1920, 1926, 1930
• Latijnsche woordverklaringen op semantic-taalhistorischen grondslag. Amsterdam 1920
• De Confessiones van Augustine. Groningen 1921
• Old Italian dictionary. Goettingen 1926
• Augustus. Amsterdam 1927
• Beknopt Latijns-Nederlands woordenboek. Groningen 1929; 5th edition 1948; 7th edition 1954; 8th edition 1958; 10th edition 1963; 11th edition 1967; 12th edition 1970;
• Grieksche kunstgeschiedenis. Groningen 1921; 2nd edition 1931; 3rd edition 1941
• De Komst van den hemelgod. Amsterdam 1932
• Beknopt Grieks-Nederlands woordenboek. Groningen 1933; 3rd edition 1942; 4th edition 1947; 6th edition 1954; 7th edition 1958; 10th edition 1966; 11th edition 1969 (with JH Thiel)
• De beteekenis van het labyrinth. Amsterdam 1934
• Het reveil van Augustus. Leiden 1940

literature

• JH Waszink: Muller Jzn., Frederik (1883–1944). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. (BWN) The Hague, 1979 ( online )
• Nederland's Patriciaat. The Hague, 1930, 19th year, p. 157
• How is dat Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1931, p. 178

Web links

• Muller Jzn. in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• Muller Jzn. in the professorial catalog of the University of Amsterdam
• Muller Jzn. at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
• Muller Jzn. at the digital library of Dutch literature (DBNL)