Albert Vogel, Sr.

Louis Albert (Albert) Anthing Vogel (Bergen op Zoom, June 18, 1874 – The Hague, November 8, 1933) was a Dutch officer, teacher and performer.

Biography

Vogel, was born on June 18, 1874 in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. He attended the H.B.S. in Haarlem and Leiden. He then was trained at a military school in Kampen to become an officer in the Dutch army. He served in the army for seven years and then left active duty to become a reserve officer; his highest rank was that of lieutenant colonel. Shortly after his active military career he started to perform in the Netherlands but also in the Dutch East Indies.

When Vogel left active duty he became active as a teacher; he taught the art of declamation at the Hogere Krijgsschool (Higher Military School) and at Leiden University. He was also active as room recitator of Queen Elisabeth of Romania and was the founder of the Maatschappij tot bevordering van de Woordkunst (Society for the Advancement of the Art of Words). Vogel was from 1926–1931 chairman of the Haagse Kunstkring (Art society of The Hague) and was appointed an honorary member, in 1930, by the "Société Académique d'Histoire Internationale de Paris". He died after a short sickbed aged 59. His funeral was held at the catholic cemetery in The Hague. He was remembered by a special meeting at the Haagsche Kunstkring. He was officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, komtur in the Order of the Crown of Romania and received several other decorations.

His son was Albert Vogel Jr.  (1924–1982), who wrote a biography of the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. Albert Vogel Jr. married Elisabeth Henriette van Hasselt (1927). Her daughter from a previous marriage is Caroline de Westenholz (1954), who is the founder of the Louis Couperus Museum, located in The Hague, and who wrote a biography of Albert Vogel Sr. The actor Ellen Vogel is a daughter of Albert Vogel Sr.

Works

• (Dutch) 1910. Het Japanse toneel
• (Dutch) 1917. Je Maintiendrai (een boek voor leger en volk)
• (Dutch) 1918. Voordrachtskunst
• (Dutch) 1927. Dialogen
• (Dutch) 1931. Rhetorica