Reinder van der Meulen

Reinder van der Meulen was a Dutch linguist. He received his doctorate in 1907. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Netherlands [Academy of Arts and Sciences] in 1925. From 1900 to 1907, he was in Leiden, then at the University of Leipzig where he studied Baltic and Slavic languages. Under the supervision of August Leskien, he defended his thesis on Nature comparisons in Lithuanian songs and laments. From 1946 to 1952, he was Full Professor of Baltic and Slavic languages at Leiden University. In 1908 he visited Lithuania. He participated in the II general meeting of the Lithuanian Science Society, and was elected a corresponding member of this society. From 1907 to 1912 worked as a teacher. From 1912 to 1935, he edited the Dictionary of the Dutch Language. He published articles on Lithuanian onomastics and the Prussian language in the publications of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Works

R. van der Meulen, Zwei litauische Totenklagen aus dem Gouvernement Wilna, "Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung", 44, 1911, 360-366.
Meulen R.van der. //. 1913. Vol. 13. III. Р. 117-138;
R. van der Meulen, Garntos prilyginimai lietuvi 14 dainose ir raudose. IS vokieei14 kalbos verte M. B-ka, Vilnius 1919
Reinder Van der Meulen: Russisch leesboek met woordenlijst, 1947.
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Meulen, R.van der: Het lexicon vokabularm novym ро alfavitu. Amsterdam,
On Meulen
J. Schaeken, "Hollando-Slavica II: Reinier van der Meulen ", Zjoernal Severjanin 4 I 5, 1994,3-8. Schaeken 1998