Ursul Philip Boissevain (4 November 1855 – 7 May 1930) was a Dutch historian and professor.[1]
Biography
Boissevain was born in Amsterdam as the fifth and youngest son of Henri Jean Arnaud Boissevain and Petronella Drost.[2] He was named after Ursuline Philippine Baroness of Verschuer (1794-1866), wife of theologianHermann Friedrich Kohlbrugge. He studied in Leiden where he wrote his dissertation in 1879.[3] He also studied in Berlin. After his studies Boissevain traveled through Europe and lived in Italy for a number of years. In 1882 he started teaching classical languages at the Erasmus Gymnasium in Rotterdam. Two years later Boissevain married Wilhelmina Carolina Momma (1859 – 1921).
In 1887 he was appointed professor in Ancient History at the University of Groningen. From 1889 onwards he also taught 'Roman Antiquities'. He has published various historical works and treatises, including a five-volume edition of the Historia Romana (Roman History) of Cassius Dio.[4]
In 1898 Boissevain became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5] Between 1911 – 1922 he was the vice-chairman of the academy.
In 1911, Boissevain became professor at the University of Amsterdam, followed by his retirement in 1926. He died a few years later after a short illness, and was buried at Zorgvlied cemetery in Amsterdam.
^WorldCat, U. Ph. Boissevain, De re militari provinciarum hispaniarum aetate imperatoria Thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Leiden, 1879; Amstelodami : J.H. & G. Van Heteren, 1879
