Pieter Nicolaas Ubbo (Peter) Harting
1892 – 1970
Dutch, English, Sanskrit philology
Curriculum vitae
| 1892 | born in Batavia on January 15 |
| 1918 | MA Dutch linguistics, Utrecht University |
| 1920-1924 | teacher University College London and the Bedford College for Women; reader Dutch studies at Oxford University |
| 1922 | PhD Utrecht (Sanskrit) under the supervision of W. Caland, Utrecht University |
| 1924-1937 | full professor English language and literature, and from 1933-1937 also Sanskrit, Groningen University |
| 1937-1962 | full professor English language and literature, University of Amsterdam |
| 1970 | died in Amsterdam on August 11 |
Special activities and positions
- Chairman of the Nederlandsche Philologencongres, 1958-1966
- Chairman of the Editorial Board of Neophilologus, 1958-1966
Sources
Publications
1922 Selections from the Baudhāyana-Gṛhyapariśiṣṭasūtra, Sankrit text, ed. with introduction and translation, Amersfoort. – PhD thesis Utrecht.