| Code | DS/UK/440 |
| Dates | 10/05/1873-06/03/1954 |
| Person Name | Kalf; Jan (10/05/1873-06/03/1954); Prof. Dr. h.c. |
| Surname | Kalf |
| Forenames | Jan |
| Title | Prof. Dr. h.c. |
| Activity | Director of the Rijksbureau voor de Monumentenzorg (1918-1939).
Staff member of the Nederlandsch Museum van Geschiedenis en Kunst te Amsterdam (later the Rijksmuseum) (1898-1903); secretary of the 'Eene Rijkscommissie...van de Nederlandsche monumenten van Geschiedenis en Kunst' (1903; again 1924-45); honorary doctorate of Utrecht university (1912); member of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (1927). |
| Relationships | Son of Martinus Kalf (Kalff) and Jacoba Marceline Sophia Gijswijt. Married Magthilda Geertruida Goedkoop (ca. 1899), a son and two daughters; divorced Goedkoop (05/12/1918); re-married Marie Kapteijn (09/09/1919). |
| History | Studied Netherlandish literature and art history in Amsterdam (1892-1896); contributor to 'De Kroniek' by P.L. Tak, (1895-1901); |
| Source | A.A.M. de Jong, 'Kalf, Jan (1873-1954)', in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. URL: <http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn2/kalf> [accessed 08/11/2010]. |
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