Pieter Helbert Damsté
Intro | Dutch classical scholar |
A.K.A. | Pieter Helbert Damste, P.H. Damsté |
Was | Poet Professor Educator Scholar Classical scholar Latinist Rower |
From | Netherlands |
Type | Academia Literature Social science Sports |
Gender | male |
Birth | 10 August 1860, Wilsum, Netherlands |
Death | 5 February 1943, Utrecht, Netherlands (aged 82 years) |
Star sign | Leo |
Pieter Helbert Damsté Pieter Helbert Damsté (August 10, 1860 – February 5, 1943) was a Dutch classical scholar.
Biography
Damsté was born in Wilsum as the son of preacher Barteld Roelof Damsté and Richardina Jacoba Gesina Gallé. His 1885 dissertation was called Adversaria critica ad C. Valerii Flacci Argonautica. He taught Latin at Utrecht University.