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Mia Irene Gerhardt (Rotterdam, 28 December 1918 - Domburg, 13 November 1988) was a Dutch medievalist and professor of comparative literature at the University of Utrecht.
Education and career
[edit]Gerhardt attended the Erasmus Gymnasium in Rotterdam. She went on to study French at the University of Groningen.
From 1946 to 1950 she was a scientific assistant at the University of Leiden. In 1950 she gained her PhD. Between 1950 and 1968 Gerhardt was a lecturer in French language studies. As such she was connected to both the University of Groningen and the University of Utrecht. In 1968 she became a professor in Utrecht. In 1971 she became a member of the Royal Dutch society of Science. Gerhardt was also a member of the Netherlands Malacological Society. Her collection of fossilised shells was donated to the Naturalis museum in Leiden after her death.
Publications
[edit]- 1953: "Iets over het gebruik van de eerste persoon in verhalend proza"
- 1955: "Don Quijote. La vie et les livres"
- 1956: "Het droombeeld van de Gouden Eeuw"
- 1957: "Les voyages de Sindbad le marin"'
- 1963: "The art of story-telling. A literary study of the thousand and one nights"
- 1964: "Two wayfarers. Some medieval stories on the theme of good and evil"'
- 1967: "Old men of the sea. From Neptunus to Old French luiton: ancestry and character of a water-spirit"
- 1968: "Zevenslapers en andere tijd-verliezers"
- 1977: "Bestiarium morale: Commilitonibus suis carmina selecta seruit"
- 1988: "Het 'testament' van Adriaan Bommenee. Praktijkervaringen van een Veerse bouw- en waterbouwkundige uit de 18e Eeuw" (eindredactie)
Scientific articles (selection)
[edit]- 1949: "Les premières traductions des Bucoliques". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 33, afl. 1.
- 1949: "Maupertuis". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 33, afl. 3.
- 1955: "L'Imagerie de Sylvie". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 39, afl. 1.
- 1957: "Malherbe et les Muses". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 41, afl. 1.
- 1958: "'L'Octavie' de Nerval". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 42, afl. 1.
- 1959: "Metrische schema's van het lange vers". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 43, afl. 3.
- 1962: "Medieval story-telling". In: Neophilologus. Vol. 46, afl. 3.
- 1965: "The ant-lion. Nature Study and the Interpretation of a Biblical Text". In: Vivarium. Vol. 3, afl. 1.
- 1966: "Knowledge in Decline. Ancient and medieval information on "ink-fishes" and their habits". In: Vivarium. Vol. 4, afl. 1.
Personal life
[edit]Gerhardt was the sister of poetesses Ida Gerhardt and Truus Gerhardt. She married J. Engel, a professor of medieval Latin. After the death of her husband Gerhardt moved to Domburg.
References
[edit][[Category:Malacologists]] [[Category:Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] [[Category:Academic staff of the University of Groningen]] [[Category:Academic staff of Utrecht University]] [[Category:Dutch literary historians]]