Albert Verwey

Dutch poet, professor, translator and critic (1865 - 1937)

Person human Q586323

Facts

34 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[24]
Date of birth: May 15, 1865
Date of death: March 8, 1937
Place of birth: Amsterdam
Place of death: Noordwijk aan Zee
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands^[15]
Occupation: poet, translator, writer, literary critic, university teacher, professor, literary scholar, critic^[17]^[18]^[19]
Employer: Leiden University^[21]
Position held: full professor^[20]
Educated at: Leiden University^[22]
Spouse: Kitty van Vloten^[11]
Child: Mea Verwey, Gerlof Verwey, Jan Verwey^[12]^[13]^[14]
Sibling: Margaretha Verwey
Work location: Amsterdam, Leiden^[28]^[29]
Nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature^[35]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch^[36]
Archives at: Allard Pierson, Allard Pierson^[25]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Depicted by: Portrait of Albert Verwey^[33]
Described by source: Nordisk familjebok^[34]
End of work period: 1937^[39]
Family name: Verwey^[26]
Given name: Albert^[27]

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Has works in the collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Has written for: De Beweging, De Nieuwe Gids, Biekorf.
Maintained by WikiProject: Letters from the members of the KANTL
Member of: Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde^[23]
Native language: Dutch^[16]
Number of children: +7^[37]
Place of burial: Noordwijk General Cemetery^[10]
Relative: Johannes van Vloten, Martha van Vloten, Betsy van Vloten^[30]^[31]^[32]
Significant person: Guido Gezelle, Hugo Verriest
Start of work period: 1881^[38]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 62

ISNI: 0000000121319967
VIAF cluster ID: 49275816
Library of Congress authority ID: n83143916
GND ID: 118768174
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): VerweyAlbert1865-1937
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12215759s
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID: 18402933
Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland: 1880-2000 ID: bwn1/verweij
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: verwey-albert
CBDB.cz author ID: 68822
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp02297846
DBNL author ID: verw008

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DDB person (GND) ID: 118768174
De Agostini ID: Verwey,+Albert
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118768174
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 198016
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Albert-Verwey
FAST ID: 115661
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_118768174
Freebase ID: /m/02r6zg1
GeneaStar person ID: verweija
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000013640011339
Goodreads author ID: 1491434
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: albert-verwey
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0070239
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Albert_Verwey
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 64377
IdRef ID: 030818818
IxTheo authority ID: 136153593
KANTL member ID: verwey-albert
KBR person ID: 14684970
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118768174
Kallías ID: PE00050862
Leidse Hoogleraren ID: 847
LibriVox author ID: 7017
LiederNet author ID: 2908
MusicBrainz artist ID: 5d30a544-61f9-4550-a0c8-ae5883ed4b16
NE.se ID: albert-verwey
NLA Trove people ID: 1118858
NUKAT ID: n2013138796
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000380534
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007309067205171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068604459
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID: 9620
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3992602
Open Library ID: OL162346A
OpenMLOL author ID: 172833
Parsifal cluster ID: 427887
Prabook ID: 2557139
Project Gutenberg author ID: 38843
RKDartists ID: 467130
SNAC ARK ID: w65t6kv5
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID: 99110-albert-verwey
TheaterEncyclopedie ID: 01944072-b086-72a8-b285-4414fcea5464
Treccani ID: albert-verwey
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 286825
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/132881
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: albert-verwey
WikiTree person ID: Verweij-333
WomenWriters ID: c20179c8-6404-493f-9052-68a3718cfb09
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJm9cDmf7tJqhVRQkHdG73
Yale LUX ID: person/92c9175f-d570-4e72-b87d-d093a2fffd3d

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 7

writer, poet, professor, translator, university teacher, literary critic, literary scholar

← Relative 3

Gerlof Mees, Johannes van Vloten, Kees Verwey

← Significant person 3

Guido Gezelle, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, Hugo Verriest

Archives at 2

Allard Pierson, Allard Pierson

Significant person 2

Guido Gezelle, Hugo Verriest

Work location 2

Amsterdam, Leiden

Belongs to 1

Munich Cosmic Circle

Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Described by source 1

Nordisk familjebok

Educated at 1

Leiden University

Employer 1

Leiden University

Given name 1

Albert

Has works in the collection 1

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Has written for 1

De Nieuwe Gids

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Dutch

Member of 1

Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde

Native language 1

Dutch

Nominated for 1

Nobel Prize in Literature

Place of birth 1

Amsterdam

Position held 1

full professor

Relative 1

Johannes van Vloten

Sex or gender 1

male

← FactGrid item ID 1

Tołwin

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Summary

Albert Verwey was born on May 15, 1865^[1], in Amsterdam^[2]. He died on March 8, 1937^[3], in Noordwijk aan Zee^[4]. He worked as a poet^[5], translator^[6], writer^[7], literary critic^[8], and university teacher^[9].

FAQs

Where was Albert Verwey born?

Albert Verwey was born in Amsterdam^[2].

Where did Albert Verwey die?

Albert Verwey died in Noordwijk aan Zee^[4].

Who was Albert Verwey married to?

Albert Verwey's spouses include Kitty van Vloten^[11].

What did Albert Verwey do for work?

Albert Verwey worked as a poet^[5], translator^[6], writer^[7], literary critic^[8], and university teacher^[9].

Where did Albert Verwey go to school?

Albert Verwey was educated at Leiden University^[22].

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[2] ↑ Albert Verwey — place of birth (P19): Amsterdam. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-16. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Albert Verwey — place of death (P20): Noordwijk aan Zee. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Albert Verwey — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Albert Verwey — spouse (P26): Kitty van Vloten. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Albert Verwey — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of the Netherlands. Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved 2019-06-19. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Albert Verwey — position held (P39): full professor. Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved 2019-06-19. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Albert Verwey — child (P40): Mea Verwey. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Albert Verwey — child (P40): Gerlof Verwey. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Albert Verwey — child (P40): Jan Verwey. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Albert Verwey — educated at (P69): Leiden University. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Albert Verwey — native language (P103): Dutch. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): poet. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-11. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): translator. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): literary critic. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): professor. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): literary scholar. RKDartists. Retrieved 2025-12-10. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Albert Verwey — occupation (P106): critic. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Albert Verwey — employer (P108): Leiden University. Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved 2019-06-19. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Albert Verwey — place of burial (P119): Noordwijk General Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Albert Verwey — member of (P463): Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Albert Verwey — archives at (P485): Allard Pierson. pid.uba.uva.nl. Retrieved 2024-12-10. pid.uba.uva.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Albert Verwey — date of birth (P569): May 15, 1865. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Albert Verwey — date of death (P570): March 8, 1937. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Albert Verwey — family name (P734): Verwey. Leidse Hoogleraren. Retrieved 2019-06-19. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Albert Verwey — given name (P735): Albert. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Albert Verwey — work location (P937): Amsterdam. RKDartists. Retrieved 2022-11-28. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Albert Verwey — work location (P937): Leiden. RKDartists. Retrieved 2022-11-28. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Albert Verwey — relative (P1038): Johannes van Vloten. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Albert Verwey — relative (P1038): Martha van Vloten. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Albert Verwey — relative (P1038): Betsy van Vloten. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Albert Verwey — depicted by (P1299): Portrait of Albert Verwey. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Albert Verwey — described by source (P1343): Nordisk familjebok. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Albert Verwey — nominated for (P1411): Nobel Prize in Literature. nobelprize.org. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Albert Verwey — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Dutch. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Albert Verwey — number of children (P1971): 7. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Albert Verwey — start of work period (P2031): 1881. RKDartists. Retrieved 2022-11-28. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Albert Verwey — end of work period (P2032): 1937. RKDartists. Retrieved 2022-11-28. wikidata.org.

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