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Johannes Alphonsus Huisman (30 April 1919 – 7 February 2003), also known as J. A. Huisman, was a Dutch philologist who specialized in
Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary te ...
.


Biography

Johannes Alphonsus Huisman was born in
Wijk bij Duurstede Wijk bij Duurstede () is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. Population centres * Cothen * Langbroek *Wijk bij Duurstede Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede, 2013.'' City The city ...
, Netherlands on 30 April 1919. He received his
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in
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at
Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...
in 1950 under the supervision of . In May 1953, Huisman was appointed Professor of Comparative
Germanic Linguistics Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...
and the Languages and
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of the
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. He retired from the University of Utrecht in September 1982. The
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''Palaeogermanica et onomastica'' (1989) was published in honor of Huisman on his 70th birthday. Huisman died in
Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year 8 ...
, Netherlands on 7 February 2003.


Selected works

* ''Neue Wege zur dichterischen und musikalischen Technik Walthers von der Vogelweide'', 1950 * ''De hel-namen in Nederland'', 1953 * ''De namen Betuwe en Veluwe'', 1958 * ''Plaatsnamen van sacrale oorsprong'', 1959 * ''Alliteratie in onze tijd'', 1959 * ''Nette en onnette woorden'', 1962 * ''Het Nederlands tussen dialect en wereldtaal'', 1965 * ''Edda'', 1980


See also

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Jan de Vries (philologist) Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (11 February 1890 – 23 July 1964) was a Dutch philologist, linguist, religious studies scholar, folklorist, educator, writer, editor and public official who specialized in Germanic studies. A polyglot, de Vr ...
*
Edgar C. Polomé Edgar Ghislain Charles Polomé (July 31, 1920March 11, 2000) was a Belgian-born American philologist and religious studies scholar. He specialized in Germanic and Indo-European studies and was active at the University of Texas at Austin for mu ...
*
René Derolez René Lodewijk Maurits Derolez (7 September 1921 – 24 March 2005) was a Belgian philologist who was Professor of English and Germanic Philology at Ghent University. He specialized in runology and the study of Old English literature and Germa ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huisman, Johannes Alphonsus 1919 births 2003 deaths Germanic studies scholars Germanists Linguists of Germanic languages People from Wijk bij Duurstede Utrecht University alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University