Louise Sophie Blussé
Louise Sophie Blussé | |
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Born | Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands | 12 January 1801
Died | 1 April 1896 Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands | (aged 95)
Pen name | D.N. Anagrapheus |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Dutch |
Spouse | Caspar Reuvens (1822–1835) |
Relatives | Hugo de Vries (grandson) |
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Louise Sophie Blussé (pen name, D.N. Anagrapheus; 12 January 1801 – 1 April 1896) was a Dutch writer.
Born in Leiden in 1801, Blussé was the daughter of Abraham Blussé and Jeanne Petronella Maizonnet. Her father was an editor and school inspector, and a proponent of the Walloon church. Blussé married the historian and archaeologist Caspar Reuvens in Leiden on 19 July 1822. They had three children. After the death of Reuvens in 1835, Blussé lived with her parents' family in Leiden, and they collaborated on the creation of a pocket dictionary in two volumes, English-Dutch and Dutch-English, which were published in the years 1843 and 1845 respectively.[1]
Around 1860, Blussé met
Blussé died in April 1896 at the age of 95 in her hometown of Leiden. The biologist and professor Hugo de Vries was a grandson of hers.
References
- ^ Hooiberg, Timen (1845). A complete pocket-dictionary of the English and Dutch languages (Public domain ed.). Blussé en van Braam.
- ^ "De Zwijndrechtsche broederschap. Godsdienstig Communisme in de eerste helft onzer eeuw" (in Dutch). Amsterdam: De Gids, jaargang 56, P.N. van Kampen & zoon. 1892. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
External links
- Media related to Louise Sophie Blussé at Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Sophie Blussé at Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences