Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck
Dutch philosopher (1887–1954)1
Pieter Nicolaas/Nicolaus van Eyck (Breukelen, 1 October 1887 – Wassenaar, 28 April 1954), poet, critic, essayist and philosopher.2
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Born Oct 1, 1887, died Apr 11, 1954.1
Companies
- De ZilverdistelFounder13
Early life and education
- Date not recordedGymnasium Haganum3
Early life
He was born Pieter Nicolaas van Eijk and changed his name to van Eyck around 1907.
He worked as a foreign correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC in Rome and London, but also a poet, critic, essayist and philosopher from the Netherlands. Awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1947.
Education
Van Eyck attended Gymnasium Haganum before studying law.
After Albert Verwey resigned from the university of Leiden in 1935, van Eyck took on the professorship for Dutch language and literature there, a position which he held until his death. He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946.
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Career
Occupation: university teacher, journalist, writer, philosopher, poet.6
- 1935 to 1954Dutch ordinary professor, Leiden University4
- Date not recordedWorked at Leiden University4
- Date not recordedFounded De Zilverdistel5
Personal life
- BornOct 1, 1887, Breukelen7
- DiedApr 11, 1954, Wassenaar8
- CitizenshipKingdom of the Netherlands9
- SpouseNelly Estelle Benjamins10
He married on 28 April 1914 Nelly Estelle Benjamins (Suriname, 17 August 1891 - Wassenaar, South Holland, 1971), a woman of Sephardic origin born and raised in Suriname. They moved to Great Britain in 1919.
They were the parents of:
Robert Floris van Eyck or van Eijk, a London poet, artist and art restorer, husband of Princess Christina of Hesse
Aldo van Eyck or van Eijk, architect
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- 13WikidataDe Zilverdistel, Founder
- 14Wikimedia CommonsPieter Nicolaas van Eyck photo by Unknown photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0