Karel Mathilda Corneel Roelandts

Background

Roelandts, Karel Mathilda Corneel was born on May 6, 1919 in Boom, Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Hendrik and Leonia (Van Houwenis) Roelandts.

Education

License Germanic Philology, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Philology, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1943.

Career

Associate professor, U. Louvain, 1946-1952; professor, U. Louvain, 1952-1984; professor emeritus, U. Louvain, since 1984. Director Institute Naamkunde, Leuven, 1974-1985. Secretary-general International Committee of Onomastic Sciences, 1983-1990.

Membership

Member Royal communications of Toponymy and Dialectology, Frisian Academy Leewarder, Interuniversity Centre of Netherlandic Studies, New Society Letters at Lund, Royal Gustav Adolf's Academy Uppsala.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Paula De Groof, June 17, 1947. Children: Hendrik, Geert, Jan, Dirk, Ida, Katelijn.

Father:

Hendrik Roelandts

Mother:

Leonia (Van Houwenis) Roelandts

Spouse:

Paula De Groof

child:

Katelijn Roelandts

child:

Dirk Roelandts

child:

Jan Roelandts

child:

Ida Roelandts

child:

Hendrik Roelandts

child:

Geert Roelandts