Martinus Nijhoff
Martinus Nijhoff was a Dutch poet, writer, translator, literary critic, resistance fighter and philologist (1894–1953). He was born at The Hague.
Martinus Nijhoff in brief
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1953
- Known for
- poet,writer,translator,literary critic,resistance fighter,philologist
- Place of birth
- The Hague
Overview
Born at The Hague in 1894, died at The Hague in 1953.
Identity and origins
His recorded language was Dutch.
He was the child of Wouter Nijhoff. He married Georgette Hagedoorn and Antoinette Hendrika Nijhoff-Wind.
Recognition and collections
Martinus Nijhoff received Constantijn Huygens Prize and Prijs van Amsterdam. Work by Martinus Nijhoff is held by CODA Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museon-Omniversum and NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Catalogued works
47 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1923 to 1987.
De wandelaar. Conventions and Declarations. Choice Collection of Important Books on European History. Choice Collection of Books on Zoology and Botany. Important Collection of Books on Philosophy. Unusual Collection of Medical Periodical Sets. The Hollanders in America. Livres anciens et modernes en vente aux prix marqués chez Martinus Nijhoff à La Haye. Important Collection of Old and New Books, Standard Works and Periodical Sets. Bibliographische Adversaria. Catalogue of a Very Unusual Collection of Periodical Sets and Academy Publications. Collection of Mostly Old Books on the History of Battles, Campaigns, Sieges in Past Centuries, Military Technics, Arms, Fortifications, Uniforms, Etc. Catalogue of Books on European History, Literature, Linguistics, Shipbuilding and Navigation, Theology, Voyages and Geography. Choice Collection of Books on Painting and Graphic Arts Including a Number of Works on Illuminated Manuscripts and Portrait Miniatures. Choice Collection of Voyages and Explorations in All Parts of the World Also a Few Early Atlases. Catalogue of Books on the Fine Arts. Mittelalter und Renaissance II. Awater. Catalogue of Books, Periodical Sets and Pamflets on General and Local History of the Netherlands. Catalogue chronologique d'éditions Bodoniennes. Catalogue of Books and Periodical Sets on French Canada, History of French Abbeys and Catholic Theology. Catalogue of Books on Music. Selected List of Dutch Books Recommended for Libraries. Catalogue of a very important collection of books and periodical sets on the Indian Archipelago. Catalogue of Books and Periodicals on International Law and Diplomatic History. A Small Selection of Valuable Old and Modern Books and Sets. Ancient and Modern Books on Roman and Ancient Foreign Law. A Selection of Fundamental Works and Important Sets on European History. Catalogue of Books and Periodical Sets on Voyages and Travels. A Choice Collection of Books on Zoology and Botany. Catalogue of Important Books on Roman and Ancient Foreign Law. A Collection of Mostly Old Books on the History of Battles, Campaigns, Sieges in Past Centuries, Military Technics, Arms, Fortifications, Uniforms, Etc. An Important Collection of Books on Philosophy. A Choice Collection of Voyages and Explorations in All Parts of the World Also a Few Early Atlases. Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights / Annuaire de la Convention Europeenne des Droits de L'Homme. Urbanization in Developing Countries. An Unusual Collection of Medical Periodical Sets. A Choice Collection of Books on Painting and Graphic Arts Including a Number of Works on Illuminated Manuscripts and Portrait Miniatures. Catalogue de la bibliothèque (manuscrits, ouvrages xylographiques ... Sales catalogue 523: Martinus Nijhoff, dated 20th century, held by Wellcome Collection. Sales catalogue: Martinus Nijhoff N.V., dated 20th century, held by Wellcome Collection. Nederlandsche bibliographie van 1500 tot 1540 / door Wouter Nijhoff en M.E. Kronenberg., dated 1923-, held by Wellcome Collection. [Review of: Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609 / F.W.T. Hunger. 's-Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1927] / [Karl Sudhoff]., dated 1928, held by Wellcome Collection. Monoclonal antibody therapy of human cancer / edited by Kenneth A. Foon and Alton C. Morgan, Jr., dated [1985], held by Wellcome Collection. Clinical evaluation of anti-tumor therapy / edited by Franco M. Muggia, Marcel Rozencweig., dated [1987], held by Wellcome Collection. Annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries., held by Wellcome Collection. Head and neck oncology / edited by Gregory T. Wolf., dated 1984, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 100 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Martinus Nijhoff, de literaire vertaler, Acta Neerlandica, 2024. Martinus Nijhoff’s Standard Catalogue 1961–1962, 1962. Nijhoff, Martinus, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. Intentionalitaet als Verantwortung. Geschichteteleologie und Teleologie der lntentionalitaet bei Husser, Ideas y Valores, 1978. Comparison of the stress intensity factor for a longitudinal crack in an elliptical base gas pipe, using FEM vs. DCT methods, Forces in Mechanics, 2023. Vargas, Jorge A., Mexico and the Law of the Sea, Contributions and Compromises, Boston Massachusetts, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011, 544 pp., Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, 2013. Dan hecht ik eer geloof aan het verhaal: over enkele narratieve teksten van Martinus Nijhoff, Literator, 2010. Cédric Viale, Lexicon of Environmental Law; Les définitions du droit de l’environment (Leiden: Martinus-Nijhoff Publishers, 2012), Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2013. David Ross, Ideal Utilitarianism, and the Intrinsic Value of Acts, Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy, 2012. Dichter bij de stilte, Handelingen, 2018. J.N. Mohanty, Edmund Husserl's Theory of Meaning, Crítica, 1967.
Naming and authority record
This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (2019149-2). Those registers additionally record the forms Martinus Nijhoff (Firma), Martinus Nijhoff Uitgeverij Maatschappij, Nijhoff Uitgeverij Maatschappij, Librairie Martinus Nijhoff, Nijhoff Publishers, Librairie Martinus Nijhoff, La Haye, Nijhoff's Boekhandel en Uitgevermaatschappij and Martinus Nijhoff Boekhandel en Uitgeverij.
Digitised editions and texts
12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Essai d'une bibliographie de la littérature frisonne: catalogue des livres ... (1859) — Internet Archive. Tableaux, dessins, esquisses, études, eaux-fortes, gravures et objets d'arts (1870) — Internet Archive. Catalogue des livres rares et curieux des manuscrits, des dessins, des estampes et des autographes : provenant la grande partie de feu M.J.L. Beijers (1900) — Internet Archive. Catalogue de livres anciens et modernes en vente aux prix marques (1897) — Internet Archive. Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Jrg. 35 (1893) — Internet Archive. General Catalogue (no. 293): Periodicals, Standard Works (1899) — Internet Archive. General catalogue (no. 293): Periodicals, standard works, scarce and valuable works of the last four centuries (1899) — Internet Archive. Bibliotheek (1893) — Internet Archive. Boeken en handschriften (1882) — Internet Archive. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Deel XLI (1880) — Internet Archive. de imitatione christi : libri qui dicitur tractatus secundus et tertius (1935) — Internet Archive. Bibliographische Adversaria (1874) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Martinus Nijhoff studied at Utrecht University. the recorded working language is Dutch.
The field of work recorded is poetry and literature.
Membership is recorded of K.L. Links / M. Nijhoff.
Work by Martinus Nijhoff is recorded in the collections of CODA Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museon-Omniversum and NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Distinctions recorded are Constantijn Huygens Prize and Prijs van Amsterdam.
Chronology
- 1859Essai d'une bibliographie de la littérature frisonne: catalogue des livres ... digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1870Tableaux, dessins, esquisses, études, eaux-fortes, gravures et objets d'arts digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1894Martinus Nijhoff born at The Hague.
- 1897Catalogue de livres anciens et modernes en vente aux prix marques digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1899General Catalogue (no. 293): Periodicals, Standard Works digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1900Catalogue des livres rares et curieux des manuscrits, des dessins, des estampes et des autographes : provenant la grande partie de feu M.J.L. Beijers digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1907Fondscatalogus van Martinus Nijhoff, bockhandelaar en uitgever, 1853-1906 digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1917Selected list of Dutch books recommended for libraries digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1950christiaan huygen digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1953Martinus Nijhoff died at The Hague.
- 1961Lees Maar, er Staatniet Water staat digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1972The Hollanders in America: a choice collection of books, maps, and pamflets relating to the early colonisation, voyages, exploration, etc. by the Hollanders in different parts of North and South America digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Martinus Nijhoff, de literaire vertaler, Acta Neerlandica, 2024
Consult the sourcescholarly publication · Scholarly
Martinus Nijhoff’s Standard Catalogue 1961–1962, 1962
Consult the sourcescholarly publication · Scholarly
Nijhoff, Martinus, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online
Consult the sourceInstitutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Open Library author record for Martinus Nijhoff (Internet Archive), 41 catalogued works.
Consult the sourceopen access index · Unverified
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 27 articles naming Martinus Nijhoff.
Consult the sourceauthority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Gemeinsame Normdatei 2019149-2, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Consult the sourcedigital repository · Unverified
Internet Archive, 48 digitised items catalogued under Martinus Nijhoff as creator.
Consult the sourcemuseum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 100 works naming Martinus Nijhoff.
Consult the sourcereference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata, structured authority record Q889001: Martinus Nijhoff
Consult the sourcereference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Martinus Nijhoff”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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