Dr. U.P. Boissevain
Ursul Philip Boissevain (Amsterdam, 4 November 1855 - Amsterdam May 7, 1930) was a Dutch historian and professor. Life and work
Boissevain was born in Amsterdam as fifth and youngest son of Henri Jean Arnaud Boissevain and Petronella Drost. He was named after Ursuline Philippine Baronesse van Verschuer (1794-1866), the wife of theologian Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrugge. He studied in Leiden and Berlin. After his studies, he traveled through Europe and lived in Italy for a number of years. In 1882, he became a teacher of classical languages at the Erasmus Gymnasium in Rotterdam, two years later, he married Wilhelmina Carolina Momma (1859-1921).
In 1887 he was appointed professor in Old History at the University of Groningen. From 1889 he also taught 'Roman Antiques'. He published various historical dissertations. In 1898 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, who was Vice-President in 1911-1922. From 1899 Boissevain occupied the property The Three Vlas Flowers at the Hoge A in Groningen.
In 1911, Boissevain became professor at the University of Amsterdam. He lived in the canal house in Amsterdam at the Keizersgracht 143. In 1926 he retired. He was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. Boissevain died a few years later, after a short sick bed, and was buried at Zorgvlied.
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