Hugo Ryckeboer, dialectologist
Hugo Ryckeboer ‑ a Belgian West Flemish dialectologist who specialized in French Flemish dialects – died of Covid-19 on 21 May 2020.
Ryckeboer was born in Veurne and grew up in Izenberge. After doing secondary education in Veurne (1948-1954), he studied Germaanse filologie at universities of KU Leuven and Ghent University between 1954 and 1959. Ryckeboer was a highschool teacher until 1970. After that he did research work at the (now called), Meertens Institute. He was involved with making Atlas van de Nederlandse Klankontwikkeling (ANKO), and was responsible for the Flemish language area. In 1972 Ryckeboer became editor at the Woordenboek van de Vlaamse Dialecten. He did research into dialects in French Flanders with a tape recorder.
Between 1976 and 1984 he worked at th...