Jan Frederik Niermeyer

Jan Frederik Niermeyer (born March 15, 1907 in Rotterdam ; † December 12, 1965 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch historian and Middle Latin lexicographer.

Niermeyer became particularly well-known as the author of the “Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus”, the “Middle Latin Dictionary”, which he wrote largely on his own. After his death, his successor at the Chair of Medieval History in Amsterdam, C. van de Kieft, completed this originally Middle Latin-English-French lexicon, the first edition of which was published in 1976. The work, which comprises around 31,000 Medieval Latin lemmas, was expanded in 2002 to include the German-language meanings of these entries and is still considered one of the most important tools in medieval studies.

Niermeyer studied history at the University of Utrecht from 1925 , received his doctorate and then taught there as an assistant. In 1943 he went to Groningen as a lecturer and in 1945 to the University of Amsterdam , where he represented medieval history as a professor.

Literature by Jan Frederik Niermeyer

Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (Lexique latin médiéval - Medieval Latin Dictionary), 2 volumes, 2nd revised edition, Leiden and Darmstadt 2002, Verlag Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt (together with C. van de Kieft, revised by JWJ Burgers)

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↑ Niermeyer had finished the lexicon up to the article "vaccarius" when he died. Compare with the foreword by C. van de Kift from 1976 in the Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus.

personal data
SURNAME	Niermeyer, Jan Frederik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Niermeyer, JF
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch historian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1965
Place of death	Amsterdam

[1] Niermeyer had finished the lexicon up to the article "vaccarius" when he died. Compare with the foreword by C. van de Kift from 1976 in the Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus.