Maria Helena Johanna Fermin

Maria Helena Johanna Fermin (born July 6, 1897 in The Hague ; † April 2, 1980 in Zwolle ) was a Dutch Romance studies , Italian and Rhaeto-Romance studies .

life and work

Maria Fermin studied in Amsterdam, Groningen and Paris. She received her doctorate in 1954 under Paul Zumthor at the University of Amsterdam with the thesis Le vocabulaire de Bifrun dans sa traduction des quatre Evangiles (Amsterdam 1959). From 1955 she was a lecturer at the University of Utrecht , from 1958 an endowed professor and from 1963 a full professor of Italian. In 1966 she retired.

Other works

• Peider Lansel en de herleving van het Reto-romaans , Amsterdam 1956 (inaugural lecture Amsterdam)
• Girolamo Gigli , linguist en satiricus , Groningen 1956 (inaugural lecture Utrecht)
• Kritiek en interpretatie in de spiegel van de tijd , Groningen 1959 (inaugural lecture Utrecht)
• (Editor) Beniamino Dentici , Italiaans handwoordenboek I: Italiaans-Nederlands , 3rd edition, The Hague 1964 (884 pages, 1st edition 1926)

Web links

• Literature by and about Maria Helena Johanna Fermin in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• https://profs.library.uu.nl/index.php/profrec/getprofdata/595/2/6/0 (career data Utrecht, with picture)
• http://www.albumacademicum.uva.nl/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?type=simple&lang=nl&c=ap&rgn1=entirerecord&q1=Fermin&x=12&y=5 (career data Amsterdam)
• http://www.universiteitsmuseum.nl/Collectie/Detail/0285-39867 (portrait)