Marcel Van den Broecke

Marcel Peter René van den Broecke (Amsterdam, 25 May 1942 - Bilthoven, 8 March 2020) was a Dutch specialist in phonetics and also in cartography, more in particular the historical maps by Abraham Ortelius.

In 1986 he graduated as PhD at Utrecht University with his study Hierarchies and rank orders in Distinctive Features (van Gorcum, Assen).

In 2009 he graduated as PhD in urbanistic sciences at Utrecht University, with his dissertation Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570-1641).

Characteristics and development of a sample of on verso map texts (NGS 380, Utrecht, 304 pp.

He was also: His other academic activities included: From 1980 on, Marcel van den Broecke concentrated on studying old maps, and more in particular the life and works of the Antwerp cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598).