Jacob Verdam

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Jacob Verdam

Jacob Verdam or Jakob Verdam (born January 22, 1845 in Amsterdam , † July 19, 1919 in Leiden ) was a Dutch Netherlandist .

Life

Jacob was the son of the tobacco dealer Hendrik Verdam (* April 28, 1819 in Mijdrecht; † 1854) and his wife Mijntje Parson (* around 1819 in Amsterdam † 1849), who was married on April 16, 1840. In early youth he lost his parents, so that he grew up with his grandfather, the Mijdrecht mayor Jacob Verdam. He received his education at the Latin School in Amsterdam, where Petrus Epekema (born February 20, 1799 in Enkhuizen, † June 15, 1871 in Ammersfort) exerted lasting influence on him. In 1865 he moved to Leiden University to study literature. Here Matthias de Vries , Willem Georg Pluijgers (born February 18, 1812 in Zwolle, † April 30, 1880 in Leiden), Carel Gabriel Cobet , Robert Jacob Fruin and Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern became his formative teachers.

After he had passed his candidate exam in 1868, he became a teacher of classical languages ​​at the municipal grammar school in Leiden in 1869 and received his doctorate in philosophy on May 14, 1872 with the thesis Tekstcritiek van de middelnederlandsche schrijvers (freely translated into German: text criticism by the Middle Dutch authors ) Literature. On January 30, 1878 he was appointed professor of Dutch language and literature as well as ancient languages ​​and literature of the Germanic peoples at the University of Amsterdam , which he combined on April 13, 1878 with the inaugural speech De wetenschappelijke beoefening der Nederlandsche taal met het nieuwe doctoraat (freely translated into German: The scientific investigation of the Dutch language in relation to the new doctorate ) began. On July 14, 1891, he was appointed professor of Dutch and Middle Dutch at the University of Leiden, which he took on on October 21, 1891 with the introductory speech Over wetenschap en wetenschappelijke methode (freely translated into German: About science and scientific method ).

He became a member, chairman and on June 12, 1918 honorary member of the Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde in Leiden (freely translated into German: Society of Dutch Literature ). In 1883 he became a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences , was a member of the Utrecht Historical Society, in 1887 he became an honorary foreign member of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten and in 1909 he became a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . In 1908/09 he also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University as the rector of the Alma Mater . At the age of 70, he resigned his professorship on June 25, 1915 and retired on September 20, 1915. Verdam had made a number of contributions in the field of Dutch linguistic research and wrote a large number of specialist articles. The Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , which he initiated and which could not be completed until after his death and which JJ van der Voort received a supplement in 1983, is significant .

family

Verdam married on July 19, 1872 in Haarlem with Barta Johanna von Ketwich (born December 11, 1840 in Zwolle, † August 19, 1926 in Leiden), the daughter of Hermanus Diderikus van Ketwich (born December 26, 1791 in Opheusden; † March 22, 1851 in Zwolle) and his wife Catharina Elisabeth van Monnom (born June 23, 1796 in Amsterdam, † April 17, 1843 in Zwolle). There are five daughters and one son from the marriage. From the children we know:

  • Geertruida Adriana Elize Verdam (born January 26, 1874 in Leiden, † April 2, 1976 in Baarn) married. on February 21, 1901 in Leiden with the electrical engineer Johann Gerard Bellaar Spruijt (born February 13, 1873 in Utrecht, † December 13, 1929 in Leiden)
  • Herman Dirk Verdam (born May 15, 1876 in Leiden) lived in Dordrecht, married. B. von Hess (* around 1877; † February 1952)
  • Catharina Elisabeth Verdam (born November 5, 1877 in Leiden, † July 8, 1967 in Katwijk) married. April 27, 1905 in Leiden with Jan Jacob Visscher (born October 27, 1873 in Zwolle; † May 6, 1950 in Katwijk)
  • Anna Margaretha Cornelia Verdam (born August 12, 1879 in Amsterdam, † December 12, 1972 in Haarlem) married. April 20, 1916 in Leiden with Professor Jacob Wijbrand Muller (born June 14, 1858 in Amsterdam; † March 18, 1945 in Leiden)
  • Bertha Johanna Verdam (born April 7, 1881 in Amsterdam) married. October 20, 1904 in Leiden (closed: December 14, 1923 in Königsberg / Prussia) with Hermann Pieter Schim van der Loeff (* December 10, 1879 in Utrecht; † January 10, 1949 in Heemstede)
  • Sara Ermina Sophia Verdam (born April 1, 1884 in Amsterdam) married. March 10, 1909 in Leiden with Willem Frederik Karel Cost Budde (born April 26, 1882 in Deventer)

Works (selection)

  • Tekstcritiek van Middelnederlandsche schrijvers. Leiden, 1872
  • The mirror of the probes. Leiden, 1900/01, 2nd vol.
  • Middelnederlandsch handwoordenboek. The Hague 1911; 2nd edition, obtained from Claudius Henricus Ebbinge Wubben, ibid 1932; Reprinted there in 1964. A supplement , edited by JJ van der Voort van der Kleij, was published in Leiden and Antwerp in 1983.
  • Uit de Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Taal. 4th edition. Zutphen 1923.
  • with Eelco Verwijs: Middelnederlandsch woordenboeck. I-X, 's-Gravenhage (1882) 1885-1952; Reprint there 1969–1971.

literature

  • Onze Hoogleeraren. Portraits and biographies. Nijgh & van Ditmar, Rotterdam, 1898, p. 88
  • How is that? Vivat, Amsterdam, 1902, p.
  • Verdam, Jacob . In: Bio- en bibliographical Lexicon van de neerlandistiek. 2004
  • L. Knappert: Prof. Dr. J. Verdam †. In: Jaarboekje voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde van Leiden en Rijnland. PJ Mulder, Leiden, 1920,
  • CC Uhlenbeck: Levens report J. Verdam. In: Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam 1919. pp. 43–58 ( Online PDF )
  • JW Muller: Levens report van J. Verdam. In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde. 1920, pp. 76–127 ( online )
  • Prof. Dr. J. Verdam †. In: Leidsch Dagblad. July 21, 1919, p. 1 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Verdam, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Niederlantist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1919
Place of death Suffer