Hendrik Désiré Louis 'Dis' Vervliet ( Antwerp, 31 December 1923 – August 2020) was a Belgian librarian and historian of books and printing. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Vervliet was born into a working-class family [5] and received a doctorate in classical philology in 1955. [10] In his career, Vervliet worked as deputy director of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, [11] professor and librarian of the University of Antwerp [12] [13] and as professor of book and library history of the University of Amsterdam. [11] [14] [15] In 1968 he became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in the humanities class. [10] His wife was Irma Regemortels (1928-2006), also a librarian. [4] [16]
In his writing on the history of books, Vervliet was particularly known for his work on printing in the sixteenth century in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, [17] [18] [19] and the work of Robert Granjon. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] In 2013, Ton Croiset van Uchelen wrote that he "is now generally recognised as the authority on the sixteenth-century typefaces of Western Europe." [11]
After retiring, Vervliet published extensively, in his eighties completing publishing two large volumes on printing in the French renaissance. [18] In his nineties he additionally completed a book on Granjon's floral ornaments, [20] and then a book covering Granjon's entire career published at the age of 94. [21] Returning to the topic of civilité types, which he had published on at the start of his career, at the time of his death he had recently published a paper extending his earlier research on the types of Philippe Danfrie [25] and was working on another paper on Granjon's civilité types. [26] [25] [27]
A festschrift was published for Vervliet in 1988. [5]
Hendrik Désiré Louis Vervliet werd op 31 december 1923 geboren te Antwerpen in een eenvoudige arbeidersfamilie.
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Hendrik Désiré Louis 'Dis' Vervliet ( Antwerp, 31 December 1923 – August 2020) was a Belgian librarian and historian of books and printing. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Vervliet was born into a working-class family [5] and received a doctorate in classical philology in 1955. [10] In his career, Vervliet worked as deputy director of the Museum Plantin-Moretus, [11] professor and librarian of the University of Antwerp [12] [13] and as professor of book and library history of the University of Amsterdam. [11] [14] [15] In 1968 he became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in the humanities class. [10] His wife was Irma Regemortels (1928-2006), also a librarian. [4] [16]
In his writing on the history of books, Vervliet was particularly known for his work on printing in the sixteenth century in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, [17] [18] [19] and the work of Robert Granjon. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] In 2013, Ton Croiset van Uchelen wrote that he "is now generally recognised as the authority on the sixteenth-century typefaces of Western Europe." [11]
After retiring, Vervliet published extensively, in his eighties completing publishing two large volumes on printing in the French renaissance. [18] In his nineties he additionally completed a book on Granjon's floral ornaments, [20] and then a book covering Granjon's entire career published at the age of 94. [21] Returning to the topic of civilité types, which he had published on at the start of his career, at the time of his death he had recently published a paper extending his earlier research on the types of Philippe Danfrie [25] and was working on another paper on Granjon's civilité types. [26] [25] [27]
A festschrift was published for Vervliet in 1988. [5]
Hendrik Désiré Louis Vervliet werd op 31 december 1923 geboren te Antwerpen in een eenvoudige arbeidersfamilie.
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