Pieter Anton Tiele (18 January 1834, Leiden – 22 January 1889, Utrecht) was for many years the librarian of Utrecht University.

P.A. Tiele

Life

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He was distinguished himself by his bibliographical studies, more especially by his several works on the history of colonization in Asia.[1]

Among these the most noteworthy are: De Opkomst van het nederlandsch Gezag in Oost-Indie (1886); De Vestiging der Portugeezen, in Indie (1873), and other books on the early Portuguese colonization in Maritime Southeast Asia.[1]

Family

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Cornelis Petrus Tiele was his brother.[1]

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Attribution:

  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tiele, Cornelis Petrus s.v. Pieter Anton Tiele". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 963.
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