A. G. Van Hamel
Anton Gerard van Hamel (5 July 1886, Hilversum - 23 November 1945, Utrecht)) was a Dutch scholar, best known for his contributions to Celtic and Germanic studies, especially those relating to literature, linguistics, philology and mythology. He is not to be confused with his uncle, Anton Gerard van Hamel (1842-1907), who was a theologian, professor of French and editor of De Gids.
Read more about A. G. Van Hamel: Education, Early Career (1910-1923), Chair of Early Germanic and Celtic Studies (1923), Late 1930s – Second World War, Death, Select Bibliography, Stichting A.G. Van Hamel Voor Keltische Studies
Famous quotes containing the word van:
“For him nor deep nor hill there is,
But all’s one level plain he hunts for flowers.”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)