Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen

Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen
Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen
Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen
Born(1870-08-20)20 August 1870
Almelo, Netherlands
Died15 July 1944(1944-07-15) (aged 73)
The Hague, Netherlands
OccupationLibrarian
LanguageDutch
NationalityDutch
CitizenshipDutch
EducationClassics
Alma materLeiden University
Years active1897-1944
SpousesJohanna Agatha Valken
Elsa Rachel Oppenheim
Julia Ulrica de Vries.

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Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Almelo, 20 August' 1870 – The Hague, 15 July 1944) was a Dutch librarian, historian, biographer, and editor of a leading biographical dictionary, the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. He was librarian of the Peace Palace, and later of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. In the latter capacity he was influential in organizing a national and international network of libraries and their interlibrary loan operations.[a] He also stimulated the development of Dutch public libraries.
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