Andreas Philopater: philologist
'''Léonard Willems''' (1864–1938) was a [[Flemish]] [[philologist]] from [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], who was active in academic circles in [[Ghent]].
==Life==
Willems was born in [[Sint-Joost-ten-Node]] (Brussels) on 27 January 1864, the eldest son of Alphonse Willems, professor of classical Greek at the [[Université Libre de Bruxelles]]. He was educated in the classics by his father and at the [[Athénée royal de Bruxelles]].<ref name=Loey>Adolphe Van Loey, "Willems (Léonard)", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://ift.tt/2o39osg vol. 32] (Brussels, 1964), 773-776.</ref> He graduated from the University of Brussels on 16 July 1886 with a doctorate in political science. After a few terms at [[Bonn University]] studying [[Germanic philology]] (including [[Gothic (language)|Gothic]], [[Old English]] and [[Middle Dutch]]), he matriculated at the [[University of Ghent]], where he took [[Henri Pirenne]]'s courses on [[historical criticism]] and [[Paul Fredericq]]'s on [[Dutch literature]] while studying for a law degree.<ref name=Loey/>
His study of [[Ysengrimus]], ''Étude sur l'Ysengrinus'', was published in 1895. In 1896 he taught a [[university extension]] course on the [[philosophy of history]], and became a member of the committee for the "Flandrisation" of the university (with the first courses in Dutch taught in 1906).<ref name=Loey/> He published numerous articles on Flemish literary history in journals, conference proceedings, and the ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]''.<ref name=Loey/> His central preoccupation was the dating, composition, influences and redaction of ''[[Van den vos Reynaerde]]'' (the Dutch version of ''[[Reynard the Fox]]''). He died in Ghent on 26 September 1938.<ref name=Loey/>
==Honours==
* Willems was elected to the [[Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde]] (Royal Flemish Academy for Language and Literature) on 31 March 1919.<ref name=Loey/>
* He was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] by the [[University of Amsterdam]] on 28 June 1932.<ref name=Loey/>
==References==
[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:1938 deaths]]
[[Category:Belgian medievalists]]
[[Category:Belgian philologists]]
[[Category:Free University of Brussels alumni]]
[[Category:University of Bonn alumni]]
[[Category:Ghent University alumni]]
==Life==
Willems was born in [[Sint-Joost-ten-Node]] (Brussels) on 27 January 1864, the eldest son of Alphonse Willems, professor of classical Greek at the [[Université Libre de Bruxelles]]. He was educated in the classics by his father and at the [[Athénée royal de Bruxelles]].<ref name=Loey>Adolphe Van Loey, "Willems (Léonard)", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://ift.tt/2o39osg vol. 32] (Brussels, 1964), 773-776.</ref> He graduated from the University of Brussels on 16 July 1886 with a doctorate in political science. After a few terms at [[Bonn University]] studying [[Germanic philology]] (including [[Gothic (language)|Gothic]], [[Old English]] and [[Middle Dutch]]), he matriculated at the [[University of Ghent]], where he took [[Henri Pirenne]]'s courses on [[historical criticism]] and [[Paul Fredericq]]'s on [[Dutch literature]] while studying for a law degree.<ref name=Loey/>
His study of [[Ysengrimus]], ''Étude sur l'Ysengrinus'', was published in 1895. In 1896 he taught a [[university extension]] course on the [[philosophy of history]], and became a member of the committee for the "Flandrisation" of the university (with the first courses in Dutch taught in 1906).<ref name=Loey/> He published numerous articles on Flemish literary history in journals, conference proceedings, and the ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]''.<ref name=Loey/> His central preoccupation was the dating, composition, influences and redaction of ''[[Van den vos Reynaerde]]'' (the Dutch version of ''[[Reynard the Fox]]''). He died in Ghent on 26 September 1938.<ref name=Loey/>
==Honours==
* Willems was elected to the [[Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde]] (Royal Flemish Academy for Language and Literature) on 31 March 1919.<ref name=Loey/>
* He was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] by the [[University of Amsterdam]] on 28 June 1932.<ref name=Loey/>
==References==
[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:1938 deaths]]
[[Category:Belgian medievalists]]
[[Category:Belgian philologists]]
[[Category:Free University of Brussels alumni]]
[[Category:University of Bonn alumni]]
[[Category:Ghent University alumni]]
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