| Short name |
Titia Klasina Elisabeth van der Tuuk |
| VIAF |
|
| First name |
Titia Klasina Elisabeth |
| Birth name |
Tuuk |
| Married name |
|
| Alternative name |
Vitalis
|
| Date of birth |
1854 |
| Date of death |
1939 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Schagen (Noord-Holland) |
| Place of death |
Zeist (Utrecht, NLD) |
| Lived in |
Groningen (Groningen)
,
Soest (Utrecht)
,
Arnhem (Gelderland)
,
Ede (Gelderland)
,
Ubbergen (Gelderland, NLD)
,
Netherlands
,
Utrecht
|
| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
Eduard Douwes Dekker
,
Petronella Hélène Clasina van der Lenting - van der Tuuk
|
| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN:
- Basse I 118
- ter Laan 1941, see link DBNL
- De Vries, Een stad vol lezers, 2011
Cf.
- Everard, Myriam, “De bibliotheek van Titia van der Tuuk als venster op de wereldvrouwenboekerij” in Lust en Gratie winter 1991 p. 50-62. online-portrait in BWSA |
| Provisional Notes |
Born in 't Zand (Schagen).
vd Br & Fr mentions she also translated Carmen Sylva and Tolstoj.
Partially or at some point completely deaf. (Bosch, 2005, p. 249)
From 1896 untill her death, Van der Tuuk lived together with friend Rose Roosegaarde Bisschop (1856-1940).
Teacher and translator from English and other languages (after 1885) (o.a. Don Quichotte, for children)
Head editor of Excelsior: Maandschrift voor jonge dames (1896-….)
Friend of the famous Dutch author Multatuli (cf. his correspondence).
Visited the Driedaagsche samenkomst tot bevordering van de Openbare Zedelijkheid (meeting against prostitution) in 1898. (Bosch, 2005, p. 253)
Active in women's movement.
Material in Letterkundig Museum, The Hague
UtrechtUnesco |