Cornelis Willem (Kees) Bolle
1927 – 2012
history of religion
Curriculum vitae
| 1927 | born in Dordrecht on December 2 |
| … | studied theology Leiden University, and history of religions and Sanskrit at University of Chicago and the university of Madras |
| 1961 | PhD in history of religions, Chicago University |
| … | lecturer Chicago University, and Brown University |
| …-1991 | professor of history of religion, University of California, Los Angelos (UCLA) |
| 1991 | emeritus |
| 2012 | died in Biddeford, Maine, on October 14 |
Sources
Selected publications
Kees Bolle was of Dutch origin, but he worked and published in the USA. Only his studies related to Dutch Indology are given.
1971 The persistence of religion: an essay on Tantrism and Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy, Leiden: Brill (Studies in the history of religions 8).
1983 “Interpreting fire-walking.” In: Ria Kloppenborg (ed.), Selected studies on ritual in the Indian religions: essays to D.J. Hoens, Leiden : Brill, pp. 130-147.