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Dick Blok

Dutch medievalist (1925-2019) · Netherlands · Academics · Died at 94

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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.

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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.

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Country
Netherlands
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2019 · aged 94

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