Johannes Antonius James Barge

Johannes Antonius James Barge

Sitting round the table Jan Boeke, Louis Bolk and Arnold van den Broek. Johannes Antonius James Barge is on the left

Johannes Antonius James Barge also: Ton Barge (born January 27, 1884 in Semarang , † February 18, 1952 in Leiden ) was a Dutch anatomist .

Life

Origin and education

Johannes Antonius James was born the son of the coffee merchant of the same name (born June 27, 1847 in Amsterdam; † September 9, 1921 ibid.) And his wife Susanna Margaretha Roselje (born August 20, 1849 in Amsterdam; † February 21, 1928 ibid.) . He had spent his youth in Hilversum and Amsterdam . Barge attended grammar school in Katwijk , moved to the University of Amsterdam in 1901 and became a member of the Catholic student association Sanctus Thomas Aquinas . On May 19, 1909, he passed his medical exam, then worked as an assistant at the Amsterdam anatomical laboratory with Louis Bolk and received his doctorate there on July 1, 1912 on the subject of Friesche en Marker schedels, bijdrage tot de kennis van de anthropologie der bevolking van Nederland (German : Skulls from Friesland and brands , contributions to the knowledge of the anthropology of the population of the Netherlands ) to the doctor of medicine. In 1913 he rose to the position of prosector at the anatomical laboratory and completed his habilitation in 1916 as a private lecturer in Amsterdam.

Professor of Anatomy in Leiden

After he had refused an appointment as professor at the Belgian University of Ghent , he was appointed on January 24, 1919 to the professorship of anatomy and embryology at the University of Leiden . He took on this task on May 17, 1919 with the introductory speech Vorm en Functie (German: Form and Function ). In scientific journals he devoted himself to topics such as the cranio-cervical transition with the head joints , the pericardium and the cleft lip and palate . He has also published works on anthropology , comparative anatomy, theoretical biology and the history of anatomy. In the academy year 1937/38 he was rector of the Alma Mater and on February 8, 1938 he gave the rector's speech Praeformatie en Epigenese (German: Preformation and Epigenese ). Barge had already given a public lecture on November 26, 1940, together with Rudolph Cleveringa , after the dismissal of various Jewish colleagues in Leiden, such as Eduard Meijers and Martin David , about the nonsense of the racial doctrine of the National Socialists. He made it scientifically clear that there was no difference between the Jewish and the German races. The lecture caused a sensation among the medical students, who finally decided to join the strike of the law students that broke out because of the dismissal of the Jewish employees. The lecture was not noticed by the German occupiers. After he resigned his professorship on May 30, 1942, he was arrested eighteen months after his protest lecture and interned in Sint-Michielsgestel . After the Leiden University was closed by the German occupiers of the Netherlands from 1943 to 1945, Barge resumed his teaching post on September 4, 1945.

Politics, Literature & Science

Barge was also involved in the Roomsch-Katholieke Staatspartij (RKSP). He was a member of the First Chamber of the States General from September 21, 1937 to October 20, 1949 , with interruptions during the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945. Barge was made a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lions and he became an officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown . In 1924 he became a member of the Society of Dutch Literature in Leiden, was a member of the Genootschap van Natur- en Geneeskunst (German: Society for Natural History and Medicine ) in Amsterdam, and a member of the Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (German: Provincial Utrecht Society for the Arts and sciences ), he was deputy chairman of the Nederlands Natuurkundig Bureau voor Anthropologie (German: Dutch natural science office for anthropology ) and chairman of the Vereniging tot bevordering der wetenschappen onder de kathieken in Nederland (German: Association for the promotion of science among the Catholics in the Netherlands ). On January 27, 1949 he became a royal decision emeritus and was in the same year a member of the Catholic People's Party , the successor party to the RKSP.

family

Barge married on July 1, 1919 in Bussum Thérèse Marie Antoinette Dreesmann (* May 12, 1893 in Amsterdam; † October 13, 1991 in Wassenaar ), the daughter of Anton Caspar Rudolph Dreesmann (* September 9, 1854 in Haselünne / Germany; † November 15, 1934 in Bussum) and his wife Helena Aleida Antoinette Tombrock (born April 22, 1860 in Franeker ; † September 21, 1928 in Bussum). There are two sons and two daughters from the marriage:

• Susanne Hèléne Therese Marie Barge (* July 12, 1920 in Leiden), married to Gerard Petrus Kortenhorst (* June 17, 1918 in Arnhem; † December 21, 1992 in Bronkhorst)
• James Barge (* 1922 in Leiden; † September 1, 1972 in Wassenaar), married on April 15, 1952 in Eindhoven to Marie Anne van der Putt
• Hélène M. Th. Barge (born February 11, 1924 in Leiden), married on July 14, 1949 in Leiden to Prof. Dr. Jan Nauta (born April 11, 1922 in Rotterdam, † May 11, 2013 in Leiden)
• Frederic Alexander Robert Barge (born January 15, 1927 in Leiden; † May 17, 2012 in Brasschaat), married on May 12, 1955 in Amsterdam to Apollonia (Lonie) Christ'l GM Dreesmann

Works (selection)

• Problems in the cranio-vertebral area . Amsterdam, 1918
• Handleiding the practical on-line knowledge . Haarlem, 1918, 1921, 1931, 1947
• Leerboek the descriptive ontleedkunde van den Mensch . Utrecht, 1922–1926, 5th volume (with AJP Broek); 2nd edition Utrecht 1927; 3rd edition Utrecht 1931; 4th edition Utrecht 1935–1940; 5th edition Utrecht 1942–1944; 6th edition 1947–1949
• Atlas van de geschiedenis of genetics . Amsterdam, 1925
• Het geneeskundig onderwijs aan de Leidsche universiteit in de 18e eeuw . Leiden, 1934
• De oudste inventaris the oudste academic anatomy in Nederland . Leiden, 1934
• What is het leven? Leiden, 1935
• Paracelsus en Hahnemann. A renaissance of genius art . Leiden, 1937
• De races of mankind. Wording, strijd en toekomst . Amsterdam, 1938
• Het mysterie van ons bestaan. Then negotiate about the problem of leven en dood . Zeist, 1938
• Reinier de Graaf 1641-1941 . Amsterdam, 1942
• The thought is to Johan Huizinga . [Leiden], 1946
• Van wetenschap dead gezelschapsspel. An episode uit de divorceis of the functielocalisatie in de hersenen . Leiden, 1951

literature

• SJ Fockema Andreae: Joannes Antonius James Barge (Semarang, 27 January 1884 - Leiden, 18 February 1952). In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden, 1956-1957. EJ Brill, Leiden, 1957, pp. 21-24 ( online )
• J. Bosmans: Barge, Johannes Antonius James (1884-1952). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. The Hague, 2002, Vol. 5, ( Online )
• Prof. dr JAJ Barge overled. In: Leidsch Dagblad. February 19, 1952, p. 5 ( online )

Web links

Commons : Johannes Antonius James Barge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Barge in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• Barge at the Parliamentary Documentation Center of Leiden University
• Barge at the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)