Biography of gerard moerdijk
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Gerard Moerdyk
Gerard Moerdyk | |
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| Gebore | Gerard Leendert Pieter Moerdyk (Moerdijk) 4 Maart 1890 Modderpoort, distrik Nylstroom |
| Sterf | 29 Maart 1958 (op 68) Nylstroom |
| Nasionaliteit | Suid-Afrika |
| Alma mater | Pretoria College (later Pretoria Boys High School), Skool van die Architectural Association in Londen, Ecòle des Beaux Arts in Parys, British School of Archaeology in Rome |
| Beroep | Argitek |
| Bekend vir | Ontwerp van die Voortrekkermonument |
| Ouer(s) | Jan Leendert Moerdyk en Cornelia Dorst |
Gerard Leendert Pieter Moerdyk (Moerdijk) (distrik Waterberg, Z.A.R., 4 Maart1890 – Modderpoort, distrik Nylstroom, 29 Maart1958) was 'n Suid-Afrikaanse argitek wat veral roem verwerf het met sy ontwerp van die Voortrekkermonument, maar wat ook vir die ontwerp van tallose Afrikaanse kerke en ander openbare geboue verantwoordelik was.
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[wysig | wysig bron]Moerdyk was die oudste van die nege kinders van die Hollandse onderwyser Jan Leendert Moerdyk, van Ierseke, en sy vrou, Cornelia Dorst, van Brouwershaven, Nederland. Moerdyk se vader het gereageer op pres. Paul Kruger se oproep om leerkragte uit Nederland en emigreer in 1888 na die Z.A.R. Sy verloofde volg hom 'n jaar later en hulle tree op 27 Februari
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Gerard Moerdijk
South Person architect (1890–1958)
Gerard Leendert Pieter Moerdijk (4 March 1890 in Zwaershoek farm nearby Nylstroom, State – 29 March 1958 in Nylstroom), also crush as Gerard Moerdyk, was a Southeast African architect[1] best crush for conspiring the Voortrekker Monument put in Pretoria.
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MOERDYK, Gerard Leendert Pieter
Also spelt MOERDIJK.
Is probably the best-known Afrikaans architect; it is notable that the only monograph on Moerdyk yet is the reminiscences of his architect daughter, Irma VERMEULEN. Several articles and some unpublished research work on him have been written. It would appear that because of his close links with the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and his relative eclecticism, he is a controversial architect. According to Prof FCL Bosman (N Pilman: Moerdyk research papers) Moerdyk was an obsessional person, his three main obsessions being his church, his nation and his farm. The first two issues are recognisable from his work. The last issue was a sentimental one, a thread of romance which coloured his attitude to life. Moerdyk was born at Nylstroom in the Waterberg District, the eldest of nine children. His father, Jan Leendert Moerdijk, had emigrated from the Netherlands to South Africa in 1887 aged twenty-one in response to President Kruger's request for teachers. According to Moerdyk's daughter-in-law, Phyllis Moerdyk, 'The Moerdyks were not Afrikaners, yet Gerard persuaded the whole of South Africa to give money for the monument (Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria) ... he was not an Afrikaner, he was brought up in a Dutch home, where the