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RE: Professor at a museum?

From: Christian Sánchez <chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:34:54 -0300
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Garm:

After reading the fragment, I think the opposite is the right one:

"Mathias Van Guitt... was a former professor of Natural History at the
Museum of Rotterdam... We believed he appeared comical to his students."

He was a professor indeed (he had students). He teached at the Museum, and
this is the odd one: they learnt Natural History at museums.

I remembered the same condition in "20000 leagues":

"(I [Pierre Aronnax] was) a lecturer [or professor] at the Museum of
Natural History in Paris."



By the way, how do you pronunciate Guitt? As in German chu - itt?

Regards,

Christian Sánchez
chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar
Rosario, Argentina


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Dear friends,

Mathias Van Guitt (Maison a vapeur) is said to have been a professor at
the Museum of Rotterdam. I am a bit puzzled by this qualification, since
in the Netherlands a professorate is connected with a university. I know
that in some countries the function of director of a museum is on the same
level as a professorate. Was this the case in France in 1880?

Thanks,
Garmt.

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Chers amis,
Mathias Van Guitt (Maison a vapeur) a ete, selon Verne, professeur au
Museum de Rotterdam. Cela me trouble un peu, parce que, aux Pays-Bas, un
professorat est associe avec une Universite. Je sais que dans certains
pays la fonction de directeur d'un musee est au meme niveau qu'un
professorat. Etait-ce la situation en France, 1880 aussi?
Merci,
Garmt.

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