author
Pieter Helbert Damsté
1860–1943
A Dutch classical scholar with a long career at Utrecht, he combined deep knowledge of Latin literature with a lively interest in language and style. His work ranges from rigorous textual criticism to essays and studies that show a broad, curious mind.
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Nederlandsch handboek voor roeisport
by Pieter Helbert Damsté, Frans Eduard Pels Rijcken
About the author
Born in Wilsum on August 10, 1860, Pieter Helbert Damsté became a respected Dutch classicist and latinist. He studied classical languages and went on to teach at the University of Utrecht, where he served as professor from 1902 until 1930.
Damsté is especially remembered for his scholarship on Latin authors and for his careful textual work. Sources also describe him as a poet and note that his interests reached beyond strict philology, giving his writing a wider literary and intellectual appeal.
He died in Utrecht on February 5, 1943. Today he is mainly known as a learned and versatile figure in Dutch classical studies, with a body of work that reflects both precision and personality.