Jan Kamp
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Jan Kamp | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1862 Enschede, The Netherlands |
| Died | 25 July 1924 (aged 61) Potchefstroom, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Spouse | Margaretha Maria Elizabeth Herman |
| Children | 4 |
| Known for | Journalist, teacher, lecturer, writer and promoter of the Afrikaans language. |
Jan Kamp (12 December 1862 - 25 July 1924) was a journalist in the Netherlands and South Africa, a school teacher, and a university professor in literature. He emigrated to South Africa where he became a promoter of the academic use of the Afrikaans language.
Roots
[edit]Kamp was born on 12 December 1862[1] in Enschede, The Netherlands, the son of Hermen Kamp and Gezina Luijerink. He received training as a teacher and later studied at the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands. In South Africa, he married a Dutch immigrant Margaretha Maria Elizabeth Herman who gave him four children.
Journalist
[edit]While still in the Netherlands, Kamp was one of the editors of the newspaper De Standaard (Dutch for The Standard). In the later years as a lecturer he was at the same editor of Het Westen (Dutch for The West), and Ons Vaderland (Our Fatherland, 1915)[2] and Het Volk (The Nation), all local newspapers.
Teaching
[edit]In South Africa Kamp taught at schools in Pretoria, Rustenburg, and Nigel. While he was a lecturer in his later years, he always stayed involved in Schools.[3] Kamp was on the committee that founded Potchefstroom Gimnasium, an Afrikaans High School in Potchefstroom in 1907.[4]
Lecturer
[edit]In 1905 he started to work at the Theologian Centre of the Reformed Church in Potchefstroom. In 1912 he became a Professor there specialising in literature and continued until his death in Potchefstroom on 25 July 1924.[5][6][7]
Publications by Kamp
[edit]- 1909 - Proeve van inleiding tot de Nederlandse letterkunde
- 1912 - De nieuwe richting in de Nederlandse letterkunde
- 1912 - De school hoort aan de ouders[8][9]
Afrikaans language
[edit]As a lecturer he appreciated Afrikaans poems and stories and helped young students to better their Afrikaans.[10][11] When on the committee for Potchefstroom Gimnasium he also was in favour of it becoming an Afrikaans medium School.
References
[edit]- ^ "This day in history". Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Geskiedenis" [History]. K’Rant. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ van der Schyf, P. (May 2003). "Sages en legends" [Myths and Legends]. Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education.
- ^ "Potchefstroom Gimnasium". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Hexham, I. (1 June 1978). "The students at the theological College and its literary department, 1899-1919 The students and the theological college and its literary department 1899-1919". In die Skriflig. 12: 18. doi:10.4102/ids.v12i46.1131. ISSN 1018-6441. OCLC 7180991722.
- ^ Hexham, Irving (1980). "Dutch Calvinism and the Development of Afrikaner Nationalism". African Affairs. 79 (315). JTOR: 195–208. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097205. JSTOR 722119.
- ^ "Totalitarian Calvinism" (PDF).
- ^ Rudolph, C. (1967). "Tydskrif vir letterkunde" [Magazine for literature)].
- ^ "De niewe taalgids" [The new language guide)] (PDF).
- ^ Steyn, J.C. (September 2014). "Dutch language speakers' contributions to the maintenance and recognition of Afrikaans 1870-1920". Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe (Journal for Humanities). 54 (3): 425–445. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Kannemeyer, J.C. (June 1984). "geskiedenis van Afrikaanse kultuur" [History of Afrikaans culture)]. Academia.