Josue Jean Philippe Valeton the Elder

Josue Jean Philippe Valeton the Elder

Josue Jean Philippe Valeton the Elder (born August 28, 1814 in The Hague , † February 8, 1906 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist.

Life

Josue Jean Philippe was the son of the trainee Jean Elie Valeton (born March 22, 1786 in Rotterdam; † April 28, 1825 in The Hague) and his wife Maria Catharina Hartz (born September 25, 1788 in Delft; † March 7, 1824 in The Hague). At the age of eleven he became an orphan. He attended boarding school in Voorschoten and the Latin school in Delft . On April 2, 1832 he enrolled at the University of Leiden to study theology. In 1839 he passed his candidate exam for parish approval before the Walloon Commission and was appointed pastor of the Walloon community in Middelburg on April 20, 1840 , which he took over on July 19, 1840. In Middelburg he wrote a Specimen litterarum orientalium and on June 30, 1845 he was appointed professor of the Hebrew language, the history of Judaism and the interpretation of the Old Testament at the philosophical faculty of the University of Groningen . He took on this task on October 2 of the same year with the introductory speech De grammatices studio, litterarum Hebraearum cultibus summopere commendando .

On March 14, 1846 he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the Leiden University, he became a member of the Zeeland Society of Sciences in Middelburg and participated in the organizational tasks of the Groningen University. In 1858/59 he was rector of the Alma Mater, which task he resigned with the speech de antiqui populi Israëlitici peculiari virtute in Deo colendo conspicua . As an opponent of alcohol, he co-founded the Dutch abstinence movement. On October 1st, 1877 he became professor at the Groningen theological faculty for oriental languages. After he had reached his seventieth birthday on August 28, 1884, he was retired on September 16, 1884 by royal resolution. Equipped with a pension of 4,000 guilders, he spent the last years of his life in Amersfoort from 1885 and in Utrecht from 1902.

family

Valeton was married twice. His first marriage was on July 2, 1840 in Leiden with Jeanne Marie Josine Scheidius (born April 25, 1817 in Delft; April 7, 1844 in Middelburg) Abraham Scheidius (born September 19, 1783 in Nijmegen; † March 14, 1824 in The Hague) and his wife Marianne Thérèse Valeton (died April 9, 1787 in Rotterdam; † April 7, 1821 in Batavia). His second marriage was on March 2, 1846 in Groningen with Sara Maria Goeverneur (born January 25, 1816 in Beesterzwaag; † February 8, 1900 in Utrecht), the daughter of Mattheus Goeverneur (born June 27, 1782 in Delft; † 7 February 1862 in Groningen) and his wife Cornelia Reinbrandina Graswinckel (born August 4, 1782 in Haarlem, † October 22, 1858 in Groningen). There are children from the marriage. We know of these:

• Marianne Therese Valeton (born April 4, 1841 in Middelburg, † November 8, 1870 in Groningen)
• Jean Elie Valeton I (born June 3, 1842 in Middelburg; † October 5, 1842 ibid)
• Jean Elie Valeton II (born March 29, 1844 in Middelburg; † April 16, 1887 ibid)
• Matthee Corneille Valeton (born May 1, 1847 in Groningen, † July 2, 1942 in Vierhouten), married. I. on August 31, 1871 in Groningen with Justine Rutgers (born January 14, 1841 in Feerwerd; † February 28, 1919 in Arnhem), married. II on July 10, 1919 in Amsterdam with Helena Geertruida Hollenbach (* May 22, 1879 in Arnhem; † September 3, 1942 in Vierhouten)
• Josue Jean Philippe Valeton the Younger (born October 14, 1848 in Groningen, † January 14, 1912 in Utrecht) married. October 24, 1872 in Amersfoort with Anna Christina Voorhoeve (born February 26, 1849 in Leerdam; † June 8, 1936 in De Bilt), Prof Utrecht
• Isaac Marinus Jouse Valeton (born March 30, 1850 in Groningen, † March 31, 1911 in Amsterdam) married. January 8, 1881 in Haarlem with Henrietta Suzanna Ortt (born January 26, 1857 in Kampen, † November 25, 1934 in Apeldoorn), Prof. Amsterdam
• Jean Jacques Antoine Valeton (born May 21, 1852 in Groningen, † December 5, 1893 in Marseille) married. July 19, 1880 in Groningen with Johanna De Boeuff (* May 16, 1861 in Amsterdam; † March 28, 1943 in Hilversum)
• Theoderic Valeton (born June 28, 1855 in Groningen, † September 11, 1929 in The Hague)
• Cornelie Reinbrandine Valeton (born August 18, 1857 in Groningen; † May 4, 1859 ibid)
• Marie Hillegonde Valeton (born September 22, 1859 in Groningen, † December 31, 1912 in Amersfoort)

Works (selection)

• Specimen e litteris orientalibus, exhibens Ta alibii Syntagma dictorum brevium et aeutorum. Leiden 1844 ( online )
• Schets der Hebrewse spraakkunst. Groningen 1850
• Toespraak in de algemeene vergadering der Vereeniging: Geloof werkzaam in de Liefde, the 6th of July 1854 te Groningen. Groningen 1854 ( online )
• De stichting der Gemeente door Jezus van Nazareth. Groningen 1863 ( online )
• Het christelijk nationaal schoolonderwijs. Groningen 1864 ( online )
• Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris. 1864
• The christelijke gemeente en de christelijke school. Groningen 1882

literature

• Jurjen Albert Zeilstra: VALETON, JOSUÉ JEAN PHILIPPE . In: Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. Kok, Kampen, 1988, Vol. 3, p. 358

Web link

• Catalog of professors from the University of Utrecht