Matthijs Siegenbeek (; 23 June 1774 in

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) was a Dutch academic. From 1797 to 1847 he was the first professor of the

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Family

Gouden huwelijk van de Leidse hoogleraar Matthijs Siegenbeek en Geertruida Tieboel - AM - 36760

Siegenbeek married Geertruida Tieboel (1773-1851) in 1799. They had two sons: Daniel Tieboel Siegenbeek and Jan Willem Siegenbeek.

Spelling-Siegenbeek

In 1804 Siegenbeek set out the official spelling of Dutch. This was attacked by the poet

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. From 1818 he became a member of the Teylers First Society.

Works

* Verhandeling over de Nederduitsche spelling ter bevordering van de eenparigheid in dezelve, 1804 * Woordenboek voor de Nederduitsche spelling, 1805 * Betoog van den rijkdom en de voortreffelijkheid der Nederlandsche taal, en opgave der middelen om de toenemende verbastering van dezelve tegen te gaan, 1810 * Over de middelen ter vorming van een Nationaal Tooneel, 1817 * Beknopte Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Letterkunde, 1826 * De eer van Wagenaar en die van Jacoba van Beijeren, 1835

Bibliography

*Rob Naborn, ''De Spelling-Siegenbeek (1804)'', Master's thesis, VU University Amsterdam, 1985. * *Jan Noordegraaf, ''Norm, geest en geschiedenis. Nederlandse taalkunde in de negentiende eeuw''. Dordrecht & Cinnaminson: Foris 1985.

References

External links

leidenuniv.nl

iisg.nl

onzetaal.nl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siegenbeek, Matthijs 1774 births 1854 deaths Academic staff of Leiden University Dutch language Orthographers Spelling reform Writers from Amsterdam Members of Teylers Eerste Genootschap