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Author Hinrichs, Jan Paul.

Title Nicolaas van Wijk (1880-1941) : Slavist, linguist, philanthropist / Jan Paul Hinrichs ; [edited by Peter Houtzagers and Janneke Kalsbeek ; translated from the Dutch by Murray Pearson].

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; v. 31
Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; v. 31.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents FOREWORD; CHAPTER I -- YOUTH AND STUDENT YEARS; CHAPTER II -- TEACHER; CHAPTER III -- DEPUTY LIBRARIAN; CHAPTER IV -- PROFESSOR: THE FIRST YEARS; CHAPTER V -- LINGUIST; ILLUSTRATION1; CHAPTER VI -- PUBLICIST; ILLUSTRATION2; CHAPTER VII -- STUDENTS; ILLUSTRATION3; CHAPTER VIII -- COLLEAGUES; CHAPTER IX -- FRIENDS; CHAPTER X -- THE LAST YEARS; EPILOGUE; Acknowledgements; Archives and correspondence consulted; Bibliography of Nicolaas van Wijk: corrections and additions; References; Index of personal names.
Summary Nicolaas van Wijk (1880-1941) was the founder of Slavic studies in the Netherlands and one of the greatest Slavists in general. This book describes for the first time how a scholar of the Dutch language, whose etymological dictionary of the Dutch language is still considered the best of its kind, was appointed in 1913 to the newly created Chair in Slavic languages at Leiden University and built up a tremendous reputation for himself in Eastern Europe. Van Wijk's relations with his famous teacher, the linguist C.C. Uhlenbeck, are followed attentively, as is his postgraduate apprenticeship in Le.
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Subject Wijk, Nicolaas van, 1880-1941.
Wijk, Nicolaas van, 1880-1941.
Linguists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Linguists.
Netherlands.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Slavists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Slavists.
Philanthropists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Philanthropists.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author Houtzagers, H. P. (H. Peter)
Kalsbeek, Janneke, 1953-
Other Form: Print version: Hinrichs, Jan Paul. Nicolaas van Wijk (1880-1941). Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006 9042020237 (OCoLC)69105582
ISBN 1423791118 (electronic book)
9781423791119 (electronic book)
9042020237 (hardbound)
9789042020238