Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen
Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (15 May 1776, Haarlem – 15 March 1839, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Mennonite author and deacon.
While never university educated, he studied literature and history and published a large number of writings, including a history of the French domination of Europe (1810-1823, eight volumes). In 1829 he was called to teach Dutch literature and history at the Athenaeum (university) of Amsterdam.
During his time in Leiden he was a deacon of the Mennonite congregation (1812-1815, 1818-1819, 1821-1829).[1]
Works
In the early 19th century, he published Beknopte Geschiedenis der Letteren en Wetenschappen in de Nederlanden, van de Vroegste Tijden af, tot op het Begin van de Negentiende Eeuw (Brief History of Literature and Sciences in the Netherlands, from the Earliest Times, unto the beginning of the Nineteenth Century).[2]
References
- ^ "Kampen, Nicolaas Godfried van (1776-1839) - GAMEO". gameo.org. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ Snelders, H. A. M. (July 1987). "History of Science Today, 2.: History of Science in the Netherlands". The British Journal for the History of Science. 20 (3). Cambridge University Press: 343–348. doi:10.1017/S0007087400023980. PMID 11621335. S2CID 37192238. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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- 1776 births
- 1839 deaths
- 19th-century Dutch historians
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