Wouter C. Braat

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Wouter Cornelis Braat (born February 4, 1903 in Delft , † March 28, 2000 in Oegstgeest ) was a Dutch archaeologist .

After attending school in Delft and Apeldoorn , he studied history and art history at the University of Leiden from 1923 , under professors Johan Huizinga , Herman Theodoor Colenbrander and Martin , among others . From 1928 he was a research associate at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden under the direction of Jan Hendrik Holwerda . At the same time he wrote his dissertation De Archeologie van de Wieringermeer , with which he received his doctorate in June 1932 at the University of Leiden. Due to his special focus on the simple medieval finds, this work became a pioneering study of medieval archeology, to which he would later make many valuable contributions. After completing his doctorate, he studied another semester in Freiburg and Berlin. At the Leiden Museum he became a curator in the Classical and Dutch sections. In 1968 he retired.

In the Oud Leiden Association he was a member and secretary from 1931, a board member from 1936, vice-president from 1945 and president from 1960. He was also President of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond (1963–1965 and 1968–1971). In 1964 he was awarded the Order of Orange-Nassau . From 1965 to 1969 he was chairman of the Commissie voor Volkskunde (Folklore Commission) founded in 1950 . In 1966 Braat resigned from the presidency of the Oud Leiden Association and was appointed honorary chairman. Even after his retirement he remained connected to classical studies and became the critical spirit in the conflict between the interests of builders and shopkeepers on the one hand and the interests of monument protection on the other. His annual speeches at the general meetings of the KNOB ( Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond ) reflected Braats' ideas in the field of cultural history and monument protection.

Fonts (selection)

  • De archeologie van de Wieringermeer . Brill, Leiden 1932.
  • Souburg en Middelburg . Brill, Leiden 1941.
  • Nieuwe vondsten te Middelburg . Brill, Leiden 1942.
  • with Jan Hendrik Holwerda: De Holdeurn bij Berg en Dal centrum van pannenbakkerrij en aardewerkindustrie in the Romeinschen tijd . Brill, Leiden 1946.
  • Over art en imitatie in de architectuur . In: Apollo, maandschrift voor literatuur en beeldende kunsten , Vol. 2 (1947), pp. 177–187.
  • Twee Walcherse werven . Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 1955.
  • Van Friezen, Franken en Saksen 350-750 . Fries Museum Leeuwarden, 1959.
  • Een romaans tinnen lepeltje . Brill, Leiden 1962.
  • Artefact. 150 years Rijksmuseum van Oudheden 1818 - 1968. Een keuze uit de verzamelingen . Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 1968.
  • with Hans Klumbach: late Roman guards helmets . (= Munich Contributions to Prehistory and Early History, Volume 15), Beck, Munich 1973.

literature

  • Ingrid WL Moerman: Wouter Cornelis Braat. In: Jaarboekje voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde van Leiden en Omstreken. Vol. 33, 2001, pp. 32-34, ISSN  0922-6699 , ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wouter C, Braat: De archeologie van de Wieringermeer . Brill, Leiden 1932.
  2. ^ Ingrid WL Moerman: Wouter Cornelis Braat. In: Jaarboekje voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde van Leiden en Omstreken. Vol. 33, 2001, pp. 32-34, ISSN  0922-6699 , ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Braat, Wouter C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braat, Wouter Cornelis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Delft
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2000
Place of death Oegstgeest