Johan Nicolaas Valkhoff
Johan Nicolaas Valkhoff (born February 16, 1834 in Rotterdam , † July 24, 1900 in Arnhem ) was a Dutch Romance studies , foreign language didactic and lexicographer.
life and work
Valkhoff was a high school teacher for French, English and German. He first taught in Breda and Heerenveen . In 1875 he became a school councilor and rose to the high school council in Friesland , from 1890 in the school province of Arnhem . He published numerous school books on the three foreign languages mentioned, above all a French-Dutch dictionary, which was edited in the second edition by his son after his death.
Johan Nicolaas Valkhoff was the father of Pieter Valkhoff and the grandfather of Marius François Valkhoff .
Works
- Nouveau dictionnaire français-néerlandais et néerlandais-français , Groningen 1886, 1899 (786 pages); 2nd edition, edit. by Pieter Valkhoff, Groningen 1902–1904
literature
- Zuidema: Valkhoff, Johan Nicolaas . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 3. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1269–1270 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1914, reprinted unchanged).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johan Nicolaas Valkhoff in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valkhoff, Johan Nicolaas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valkhoff, JN |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch Romance studies scholar, foreign language teacher and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1900 |
| Place of death | Arnhem |