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Pieter Johannes Veth (2 December 1814 in Dordrecht - 14 April 1895 in Arnhem) was a Dutch professor of geography and ethnology and the first Chairman of the 
The building ''Nonnensteeg'' of the Faculty of Arts of Leiden University was renamed the P.J. Veth building in 2007. The building formerly housed the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and the School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS). Since 2016 the P.J. Veth building is being renovated.
Veth is buried at the Essenhof in Dordrecht.
P.A. v.d. Lith: 'Levensbericht P.J. Veth'. In: ''Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1869''
Leiden University
P.A. v.d. Lith: 'Levensbericht P.J. Veth'. In: ''Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1869''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Veth, Pieter 1814 births 1895 deaths Dutch geographers Leiden University alumni Academic staff of Leiden University People from Dordrecht
Royal Netherlands Geographical Society
The Royal Dutch Geographical Society (Dutch:''Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap''; KNAG) is an organization of geographers and those interested in geography in The Netherlands. It has about 4000 members and sponsors lectures on ge ...
. He was also the father of Daniël David Veth, a Dutch explorer and photographer.
P.J. Veth, son of the Dordrecht ironmonger Hubert Veth and Cornelia Johanna Pickee, studied from 1832 to 1838 in Leiden. He was professor of Ethnology of the Dutch East Indies in Leiden from 1864 to 1876 and extraordinary professor of history, literature, antiquities, institutions, manners and customs of the peoples the Indian archipelago and physical geography of the Indonesian archipelago at Leiden University
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...
from 1877 to 1885.
Veth was editor of ''De Gids'' and editor of the ''Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië''. He was the first chairman of the 1873 established ''Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap'' (Royal Dutch Geographical Society, KNAG) and was chairman of the ''Vereeniging tot Nut van 't Algemeen''.
The building ''Nonnensteeg'' of the Faculty of Arts of Leiden University was renamed the P.J. Veth building in 2007. The building formerly housed the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and the School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS). Since 2016 the P.J. Veth building is being renovated.
Veth is buried at the Essenhof in Dordrecht.
References
* P.J. Veth: ''Java, geographisch, ethnologisch, historisch''. 4 vols. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1875-1884 * ''Specimens from the English classics'', with an introductory essay on English literature, explanatory notes, and a glossary by P.J. Veth. 2 vols. Dordrecht, Van Houtrijve & Bredius, 1840-1841.Publication about Veth
* Paul van der Velde: ''A lifelong passion. P.J. Veth (1814-1895) and the Dutch East Indies''. (Transl. by Beverly Jackson). Leiden, KITLV Press, 2006.P.A. v.d. Lith: 'Levensbericht P.J. Veth'. In: ''Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1869''
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Leiden University
P.A. v.d. Lith: 'Levensbericht P.J. Veth'. In: ''Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1869''
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