Ferdinand van der Haeghen or Vanderhaeghen (1830–1913) was a Belgian librarian and bibliophile.

Life

Van der Haeghen was born in

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest i ...

on 16 October 1830, the son of Désiré-Jean Van der Haeghen (1797–1850), owner and publisher of the '' Gazette van Gent'' (established 1667). Alphonse Roersch, "Haeghen (Ferdinand François Ernest van der)", ''

Biographie Nationale de Belgique The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' (French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the '' ...

''
vol. 29
(Brussels, 1956), 635-641. He was educated at the Collège Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur, and spent two years studying at

Ghent University Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, whe ...

without taking a degree. He became university librarian in Ghent. He was an active member of the

Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen The Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen, in its later years Maatschappij der Vlaamsche Bibliophilen ("Society of Flemish Bibliophiles") was a text publication society based in Ghent, Belgium. The society was founded by Philip Blommaert and Consta ...

and a founding member of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature (1886). In 1888, he became editorial secretary of the ''

'', overseeing publication of volumes 10 to 20. He was elected a corresponding member of the

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Com ...

in 1888, and a full member in 1891. Van der Haeghen compiled substantial bibliographic resources for the history of printing and books in Belgium, in particular the 7-volume ''Bibliographie gantoise'' and the 34-volume ''Bibliotheca Belgica'', left uncompleted at his death and continued by Alphonse Roersch and

Paul Bergmans Paul Jean Etienne Charles Marie Bergmans (1868–1935) was a librarian in chief of the University of Ghent, and musical historian. Life Bergmans was born in Ghent on 23 February 1868. He began work at Ghent University Library on a voluntary basis, ...

. He donated his extensive personal collection of material printed in Ghent to the University Library, where it formed the basis of the "Gandavensia" collection. He died in Ghent on 22 January 1913.

Works

* ''Bibliographie gantoise'' (7 vols., Ghent, 1858–1869) * ''Jaerboeken van het souvereine gilde der kolveniers, busschieters en kanonniers gezegd hoofdgilde van Sint Antone, te Gent'', text edition (3 vols., Ghent, Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen, 1867)Vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3
in the

Digital Library for Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

. * Marcus van Vaernewijck, ''Van die beroerlicke tijden in die Nederlanden en voornamelijk in Ghendt'', text edition (5 vols., Ghent, Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen, 1872–1881) * ''Bibliotheca Belgica: Bibliographie générale des Pays-Bas'' (34 vols., Ghent, 1880–1923).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haeghen, Ferdinand van der 1830 births 1913 deaths Writers from Ghent Belgian librarians