Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm
Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm (b. at Amsterdam, 21 October 1827, d. at Leuven, 1 February 1904) was a Dutch academic and writer.
Life
He made his studies in his home city, at first at the Gymnasium and later at the Athenaeum, from which he graduated in letters and history in 1857. For some years he was instructor in history in Maastricht. After being called to a professorship in the Catholic University of Leuven in 1870, he succeeded in establishing a chair for the special study of the history of the literature of the Netherlands.
He was President of the Association Tijd en Vlijt and of Constantius Buter. He was also a member of the Flemish Academy, and for a time, its President. From 1888 on, Paul Thijm edited the periodical Dietsche Warande, which he transplanted into Belgium.
Family
The writer Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm was his brother.
Works
His chief works are:
- "De H. Willibrord, Apostel der Nederlanden" (1867);
- "Karel de groote en zijne eeuw" (1866);
- "Gestichten van liefdadigehied in België, van Karel den Groote tot aan de XVI eeuw", awarded a prize by the Royal Academy of Brussels (1883);
- "Schets der Algemeene Geschiedenis" (1870);
- "Vroolijke historie van Ph. van Marnix" (1876);
- "Spiegel van Nederlandsche letteren" (1877).
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. The entry cites:
- Dietsche Warande en Belfort (Antwerp-Ghent, 1904);
- Levensgeschiedenissen van de leden der Maatschappij van Letterkunde te Leiden (Leyden, 1904).
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