Matthijs Siegenbeek
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Matthijs Siegenbeek (Amsterdam, 23 June 1774 - Leiden, 26 November 1854) was a Dutch academic. From 1797 to 1847 he was the first professor of the Dutch language at the University of Leiden. From 1803 he was the member, then secretary, of the head-office of that university's literary faculty. Initially he was a Mennonite voorganger in Dokkum.
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Spelling-Siegenbeek
In 1804 Siegenbeek set out the official spelling of Dutch. This was attacked by the poet Willem Bilderdijk.
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Works
- Verhandeling over de Nederduitsche spelling ter bevordering van de eenparigheid in dezelve, 1804
- Woordenboek voor de Nederduitsche spelling, 1805
- Betoog van den rijkdom en de voortreffelijkheid der Nederlandsche taal, en opgave der middelen om de toenemende verbastering van dezelve tegen te gaan, 1810
- Over de middelen ter vorming van een Nationaal Tooneel, 1817
- Beknopte Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Letterkunde, 1826
- De eer van Wagenaar en die van Jacoba van Beijeren, 1835
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