Albert Vogel (18 June 1874, Bergen op Zoom – 8 November 1933,

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) was a Dutch officer,

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and performer.

Biography

Louis Albert Anthing Vogel was born in Bergen op Zoom and attended the H.B.S. in

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and

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. He was trained at a military school in

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to become an officer in the Dutch army. He served in the army for seven years and then left active duty to become a

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officer; his highest rank was that of

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. Shortly after his active military career he started to perform in the Netherlands but also in the

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. When Vogel left active duty he became active as a teacher; he taught the art of declamation at the ''Hogere Krijgsschool'' (Higher Military School) and at

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. He was active as room recitator of Queen Elisabeth of

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and was the

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of the ''Maatschappij tot bevordering van de Woordkunst'' (Society for the Advancement of the Art of Words). He was from 1926 to 1931 chairman of the ''

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'' (Art society of The Hague) and was appointed an honorary member, in 1930, by the "Société Académique d'Histoire Internationale de Paris". He died after a short illness, aged 59. His funeral was held at a

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. He was remembered by a special meeting at the '' Haagsche Kunstkring''. He was officer in the

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, komtur in the Order of the Crown of Romania and received several other

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.Obituary
kranten.kb.n; accessed 23 October 2016.

Family

He and his wife, Ellen Buwalda (1890-1985), who wed in 1916, had three children: Louis Albert Anthing Vogel Jr. (1924–1982), who wrote a biography of Dutch writer Louis Couperus, and actress

Ellen Vogel Ellen Marie Elze Anthing Vogel (; 26 January 1922 – 5 August 2015) was a Dutch film, stage and television actress. Personal Born on 26 January 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands as the second child of publicist Louis Albert Anthing Vogel (1 ...

(1922-2015).

Works

* 1910. ''Het Japanse toneel'' * 1917. ''

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(een boek voor leger en volk)'' * 1918. ''Voordrachtskunst'' * 1927. ''Dialogen'' * 1931. ''

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a'' File:Albert Vogel in de Kunstkring.jpg, Albert Vogel in 1930 at the Kunstkring File:Begrafenis van Albert Vogel.jpg, Funeral of Albert Vogel (photo published in the

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File:Denhaag monument albert vogel.jpg, Monument dedicated to Albert Vogel in

References

Sources

Vogel on the website of the Dutch Historical Institute
biography written by

Caroline de Westenholz Caroline Anne Freiin de Westenholz (London, 1954) is an Anglo-Dutch art historian and writer. She is the founder of the Louis Couperus Museum in The Hague. Early life and education Caroline de Westenholz was born in London in 1954. She is the d ...

Vogel on the Dutch Theater Institute
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