Pieter Antonie van der Lith

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Pieter Anthonie van der Lith

Pieter Antonie van der Lith (born May 31, 1844 in Utrecht , † March 17, 1901 in Leiden ) was a Dutch legal scholar and orientalist.

Life

Pieter Antonie van der Lith was the son of the doctor and later professor of psychiatry in Utrecht Johan Peter Theodoor van der Lith (born September 19, 1814 in Buren; † August 5, 1903 in Utrecht) and Jennetta Johanna Ramaer (born June 1, 1814 in Buren; † August 5, 1903 in Utrecht) 1818 in 's-Hertogenbosch; † June 19, 1885 in Utrecht). He grew up with two brothers and two sisters. After attending the French Latin school in Utrecht, he moved to the local high school and began studying law at the University of Utrecht in 1862 . Here were Barthold Jacob Lintelo de Geer van Jutfaas (1816-1903), George Willem Vreede (1809-1880), Otto van Rees (lawyer) (1825-1868), Jacques Adolphe Charles Rovers (1803-1874), Cornelis Willem Opzoomer ( 1821–1892) and Jacobus Antonius Fruin (1829–1884) were his formative teachers. On June 3, 1867, he received his doctorate with Theses jurid. to the doctor of law. He then went to the National Institute for Education in Indian Geography and Ethnology in Leiden, where he passed his official examination for service in India on August 15, 1868.

Before he could begin his service in the Dutch East Indies, on October 1, 1868, he became professor of Indian language, country and ethnology at the Institute for Officials of Education in Indian Geography and Ethnology in Leiden. Later he also took over the lectures on Mohammedan law. On September 11, 1877 he was appointed professor of Muslim law, other popular institutions in Dutch India and colonial constitutional law at the University of Leiden , which he did on October 20, 1877 with the speech Het doet en de methode der welenschap van het colonial law took over. As such, he taught Alexander von Oranien-Nassau, among others, and in 1894/95, as rector of the Alma Mater, he also took part in the university's organizational tasks. From 1886 to 1892 he was director of the Institute for Officials of Education in Indian Geography and Ethnology, participated as a member of the Leiden Municipal Council in various city commissions and properties for the good of the city.

He was also a member of several learned societies at home and abroad. On April 21, 1893, he was a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam , a member of the Society for Dutch Literature in Leiden, a member of the provincial Utrecht Society for the Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Royal Institute for Language, Regional Studies and Ethnology from Dutch India and corresponding member of the Batavian Society of Sciences and Arts. He was also a member of the Provincial States of South Holland for Leiden from 1893. He has also received several awards. He was Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion , in 1874 he became an Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown , in 1884 Knight of the Royal Order of Cambodia , 1889 Knight of the Saint Olav Order of Norway and in 1885 Knight of the Order of Our Lady of the Conception of Villa Visiosa of Portugal.

family

Van der Lith was married twice. His first marriage was on December 17, 1868 in Utrecht with Bertha Cornelia Loncq (born March 1, 1845 in Utrecht, † April 8, 1877 in Leiden), the youngest daughter of the professor of medicine Gozewijn Jan Loncq (born September 10, 1810 in Schiedam; † June 21, 1887 in Utrecht) and Anna Adriana Trompert (* 1809; † November 3, 1866 in Utrecht). The daughter Anna Maria Adriana van der Lith (born June 11, 1873 in Leiden, † November 7, 1941 in Leiden) is known from their marriage. on October 10, 1895 with Barend Formijne (* around 1866 in Amersfoort, † January 17, 1911 in Breda) and their son J. van der Lith (* September 28, 1876 in Leiden). His second marriage was on August 26, 1880 in Rotterdam with Maria Catharina Schumacher (* August 8, 1852 in Rotterdam; † October 27, 1938 in The Hague), the daughter of Johan (Jan) George Schumacher (* December 29, 1819 in Rotterdam; † May 3, 1899 in Rotterdam) and Maria Catharina Hollinghausen (1820 in Alkmaar; † 1903 in Rotterdam). From this marriage comes the daughter Bertha Cornelia van der Lith (born June 26, 1881 in Leiden; † December 10, 1949 ibid) married. on January 14, 1904 in The Hague with Jan Jacob Karel de Wit.

Works (selection)

  • De staatsinstellingen van Nederlandsch Indië. 1871 (with J. Spanjaard)
  • Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, Beschreven en afgebeeld voor het Nederlandsche people. 1874-77, 1893-94
  • De grondslagen voor het British-Indian beheer. 1876 ​​(with AWP Verkerk Pistorius)
  • Les Merveilles de l 'Inde, texts arabe. 1883
  • De Koloniale wetgever tegenover European area en domestic legal frameworks. In: De Grids. 1882, translated into French In: Annales de l'extreme Orient.
  • Het Noord-Borneo tractaat. In: De Gids. 1891
  • Bombay or het bestuur van Lord Reay. In: De Gids. 1892
  • Encyclopædie van Nederlandsch-Indie. The Hague 1897 (1st vol., With F. Fokkens)

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personal data
SURNAME Lith, Pieter Antonie van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1901
Place of death Suffer