# Dick Blok

> Dirk Peter "Dick" Blok was a Dutch scholar of onomastics. He was director of the Meertens Institute between 1965 and 1986. He succeeded founding director Piet Meertens. In 1979, during Blok's rule as director, the Institute was named after Meertens. Blok fictionally featured in the book cycle Het Bureau by J. J. Voskuil, which was based on figures at the Meertens Institute, where Voskuil worked as well.

*Dutch medievalist (1925-2019)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1925-01-07
- **Died:** 2019-02-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Dirk Peter "Dick" Blok was a Dutch scholar of onomastics. He was director of the Meertens Institute between 1965 and 1986. He succeeded founding director Piet Meertens. In 1979, during Blok's rule as director, the Institute was named after Meertens. Blok fictionally featured in the book cycle Het Bureau by J. J. Voskuil, which was based on figures at the Meertens Institute, where Voskuil worked as well.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 51.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Dick Blok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Blok)
- [Dick Blok](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Blok)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2325902)

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