Martin Bossenbroek
Martin Philip Bossenbroek (born August 6, 1953 in Amsterdam , Kingdom of the Netherlands ) is a Dutch historian , university professor and author .
Life
Bossenbroek studied history at the Free University of Amsterdam . After that he worked as a teacher for a few years and went to Leiden University in 1983 . There he was in 1992 with the work voor Indië people doctorate . He then worked in the directorate of the Royal Library of the Netherlands in The Hague before becoming a professor at the University of Utrecht .
Bossenbroek is the author of a number of books, the last of which was awarded De Boerenoorlog on the Second Boer War and was published in several languages (Afrikaans, English), including German in 2016.
Prizes and awards
- 2013: Libris History Prize for De Boerenoorlog .
- 2013: Nomination for the AKO literature prize for the same book.
Publications
- Volk voor Indië . 1992.
- Holland op zijn breedst . 1996.
- with Jan Kompagnie: Het mysterie van de verdwenen bordelen . Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1998, ISBN 90-351-1905-3 .
- De Meelstreep . 2001.
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De Boerenoorlog . Atheneum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam 2014, ISBN 978-90-253-6993-4 .
- German by Andreas Ecke : Death at the Cape. The history of the Boer War . Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-68812-6 .
Web links
- Biography (nl.)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bossenbroek, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bossenbroek, Martin Philip (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch modern historian, university professor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam , Kingdom of the Netherlands |