Jan Woltjer was a professor of Classical languages and literature at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He served as rector magnificus of that institution five times.
Jan Woltjer (in 1906)
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The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, th
Jan Woltjer (classical scholar)
…Jan Woltjer (4 February 1849, Groningen – 28 July 1917, Amsterdam) was a professor of Classical languages and literature at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He served as rector magnificus of that institution five times. Woltjer, the son of a baker, started his career as an assistant teacher at a high school…
Bust of Abraham Kuyper, founder of the VU, in the Main Building
Former Chemistry Laboratory (1932) at De Lairessestraat
The upper floors of the Main Building's eastern wing, housing library stacks and showing the university emblem
The main building has an inhouse restaurant serving pizzas, pasta, sandwiches and soup.