Jacobus Joannes Antonius (Jac.) van Ginneken
1877 – 1945
Dutch language and literature, linguistics
priest and Jesuit
priest and Jesuit
Curriculum vitae
| 1877 | born in Oudenbosch on April 1877 |
| 1902-1907 | studied Dutch language and literature, Leiden University |
| 1907 | PhD under the supervision of C.C. Uhlenbeck, Leiden University |
| 1910 | ordained as a priest |
| 1911-1915 | teacher Dutch language, Canisiuscollege Nijmegen |
| 1915-1923 | teacher philosophy at the school of Jesuit Order in Oudenbosch |
| 1923-1945 | professor in Dutch language and literature, comparative Indo-European linguistics and Sanskrit, Nijmegen University |
| 1945 | died in Nijmegen on October 20 |
Selected sources
- Sterkenburg, P.G.J. van, “Ginneken, Jacobus Joannes Antonius van.” In: Bio- en bibliografisch lexicon van de neerlandistiek, 2006.
- Luykx, P. “Ginneken, Jacobus Johannes Antonius van (1877-1945).” Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
- “Bibliographie des travaux du R.P. Jacq. van Ginneken S.J.” In: J. Wils, Rob. Meesters et W. Slijpen (eds), Mélanges de linguistique et de philologie offerts à Jac. van Ginneken à l’occasion du soixantième anniversaire de sa naissance (21 avril 1937), Paris 1937, pp. xvii-li.
- wikipedia
Selected publications: South Asia studies
1907 Principes de linguistique psychologique: essai de synthèse, Amsterdam. – PhD thesis Leiden.
1908 “Buddhistische invloed op het Evangelie-verhaal?” Studiën 70: 480-483.
1910 Review of: L. de Vallée Poussin, Bouddhisme. Studiën 73: 465.
1932 Review of: J. Gonda, Austrisch en Arisch, Utrecht 1932. Onze Taaltuin 1: 94-95.
1934 Review of: P.O. Bodding, Santal folk tales, 2 vols, Oslo 1925-1927. Onze Taaltuin 2: 314.
1937 “Mohenjodaro.” Kath. Enc. 17: 792-793.