Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm (21 October 1827, at

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

– 1 February 1904, at Leuven) 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

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. 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 vice president of the student association "Met Tijd en Vlijt" and of "Constantius Buter". He was also the member of the Royal Academy of Dutch language and literature, and for a time, its president. From 1888 on, Paul Thijm edited the periodical '' Dietsche Warande'', which he transplanted into Belgium. He was the first chairman of the

Davidsfonds The Davidsfonds is a Catholic organisation in Flanders, Belgium with the purpose of promoting the Flemish culture in the areas of literature, history and art. The Davidsfonds was founded in Leuven, Belgium on 15 January 1875, with the motto ''Voor ...

(1875 - 1878).

Family

The writer

Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm (8 July 1820 – 17 March 1889) was a Dutch writer. In his triple capacity of art critic, philologist, and poet, Alberdingk Thijm was an important figure of Catholic literature. After finishing his studies in his nat ...

was his brother.

Works

His main works are: *"De H. Willibrord, Apostel der Nederlanden" (1867); *"Karel de groote en zijne eeuw" (1866); *"De gestichten van liefdadigheid in België, van Karel de Groote tot aan de XVIde eeuw", awarded a prize by the

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Comm ...

(1883); *"Schets der Algemeene Geschiedenis" (1870); *"Vroolijke historie van Ph. van Marnix" (1876); *"Spiegel van Nederlandsche letteren" (1877).

References

;Attribution * The entry cites: **''Dietsche Warande en Belfort'' (Antwerp-Ghent, 1904); **''Levensgeschiedenissen van de leden der Maatschappij van Letterkunde te Leiden'' (Leyden, 1904). {{DEFAULTSORT:Thijm, Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk 1827 births 1904 deaths Dutch male writers Writers from Amsterdam