Pieter Helbert Damsté

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Pieter Helbert Damsté

Pieter Helbert Damsté (born August 10, 1860 in Wilsum , † February 5, 1943 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch classical philologist .

Life

Pieter Helbert was the son of pastor Barteld Roelof Damsté (born October 26, 1826 in Uelsen; † January 3, 1909 in Leiden) and his wife Richardina Jacoba Gesiena Gallé (born July 19, 1833 in Kampen; † February 8, 1885 in Leiden ). He had attended school in Wilsum, continued his education in 1873 at the grammar school in Kampen and in 1876 at the municipal grammar school in Leiden with Jacobus Johannes Hartman . On September 25, 1879 he enrolled at the University of Leiden , where he studied classical languages with Carel Gabriel Cobet , Jan Jacob Cornelissen (born May 20, 1839 in Steenwijk; † June 15, 1891 in Leiden) and Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land completed. He then worked as a private lecturer at the Leiden University, became a teacher of ancient languages ​​in 1887 at the Camphusianum grammar school in Gorinchem and, in April 1889, deputy principal at the municipal grammar school in Leiden . During that time he published the Lectiones Curtianae in 1894 and the Emendandi Artis Vindicatio Lectionibus Virgilianis Illustrata in 1899 . He also got an edition of Curtius Rufus from the Wolters publishing house at the Biblioteca Batava and an edition of De bello Iugurthino and De coniuratione Catilinae von Sallust from Brill .

On September 11, 1902, he was appointed professor of Latin language and literature, as well as of Roman antiquities at the University of Utrecht , which task he took on with the inaugural speech De arte et munere . In Utrecht he took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the alma mater in the academy year 1916/17 , for which he gave the rector's speech De daughter van Pytheas on the 281st anniversary of the university's existence, on March 26, 1917 . Damsté was committed to rowing all his life. He also wrote two books on this and was an honorary member of several sports clubs. He also appeared with Latin poems and received a gold medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences with the poem Patria Rura . In addition, from 1911 he worked as a curator at the municipal high school in Utrecht and wrote some biographical articles in the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . In 1916 he became a corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana in Mantua, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion , in 1920 he became an officer of the Order de l'Enstruction Publique and in 1926 an officer of the Belgian Order of the Leopold . On March 5, 1930, he retired from his professorship and spent the last years of his life in Utrecht.

family

Damsté married on July 16, 1891 in Leiden with Johanna Louise Elisabeth Jaeger (born August 11, 1870 in Amsterdam; † July 9, 1930 in Zeist), the daughter of Marie Wilhelm Jaeger (born February 19, 1839 in Rotterdam; † 5 June 1909 in The Hague) and his wife Catherina Elisabeth Constance Alida Esther Bloemen (born May 24, 1844 in Oirschot; † December 20, 1923 in Utrecht). There are children from the marriage. We know of these:

  • Onno Damsté (born December 19, 1896 in Leiden, † June 8, 1973 in De Meern) married. July 10, 1919 in Utrecht with Paula Johanna Wind (born August 27, 1896 in Groningen; † August 27, 1986 ibid)
  • Richard I Damsté (born May 15, 1892 in Leiden; † October 25, 1893 there)
  • Anny Damsté (born September 1, 1894 in Leiden, † March 10, 1969 in Dalkeith (Scotland)) married. I. April 20, 1915 in Utrecht (closed February 22, 1936 in Utrecht) with Wilhelm Philip Peletier (* July 27, 1891 in Utrecht; †?), Married. II. June 3, 1937 with Donald Francis Mackenzie (* around 1885 in Edinburg; †?)
  • Richard II Damsté (born March 14, 1901 in Leiden, † May 25, 1955 in Utrecht)
  • Pieter Helbert Damsté (born August 20, 1902 in Leiden; † November 26, 1985 in Utrecht) married. September 23, 1926 in De Bilt with Ada Elize Constance Prins Visser (born October 30, 1903 in Ablasserdam; † October 23, 1886 in Utrecht)
  • Wilhelmina Anna Cornelia Damsté (born October 1, 1914 in Utrecht; †?) Married. 1940 in Utrecht with teacher of classical languages ​​Hendrik Bolkestein (born June 27, 1916 in Katwijk aan Zee; † October 23, 1970 in Bergen (NH))

Works (selection)

  • Adversaria critica ad Valerii-Flacci Argonautica. 1885.
  • Nederlandsch handboek voor roeisport. 1886 in collaboration with FE Pels Rijcken.
  • Sallustius : Bellum Jugurthinum. 1892.
  • Sallustius: Bellum Catilinae. Accedunt ex Historiis orationes et Epistulae. 1893.
  • Quintus Curtius Rufus : Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt. 1897.
  • De Arte et Munere Docendi. 1902.
  • Carmina Latina. 1915.
  • Carmina Minora. 1917.
  • School en Sport. 1921.
  • Minucius Felix : Octavius . 1936.

literature

  • H. van der Hoeven: Damsté, Pieter Helbert (1860–1943). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. The Hague, 1985, Vol. 2, ( Online )
  • Hendrik Wagenvoort: Pieter Helbert Damsté (Wilsum, 10 August 1860 – Utrecht, 5 February 1943). In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde. Leiden, 1945, pp. 78-87 ( online )

Web links

  • Damsté in the Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae
  • Damsté in the digital library of Dutch literature (DBNL)
personal data
SURNAME Damsté, Pieter Helbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilsum
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1943
Place of death Utrecht