Gerrit Jan Held
1906 – 1955
Indonesian languages and cultures, cultural anthropology
New Guinea
New Guinea
Curriculum vitae
| 1906 | born in Kampen on July 1 |
| 1925 | matriculation gymnasium, Kampen |
| 1931 | MA language officer, Leiden University |
| 1931-1935 | MA Indonesian language and literature including Sanskrit, Leiden University |
| 1935 | PhD under the supervision of J.P.B. de Josselin de Jong, Leiden University |
| 1935-1940 | advisor/inspector in the service of the Dutch Bible society, New Guinea |
| 1940- | linguistic officer |
| 1941-1945 | in military service (KNIL) and prison camp |
| 1946-1950 | professor in cultural anthropology, University of Indonesia, Batavia |
| 1951-1952 | visiting professor and research associate, Yale University |
| 1952-1955 | research in Bima (Sumbawa) |
| 1955 | died in Djakarta on November 28 |
Sources
- Josselin de Jong, J.P.B., Herdenking van Gerrit Jan Held (1 juli 1906 – 28 september 1955)”. In: Jaarboek KNAW 1955-1956: 239-252. Also in: BTLV 112,4 (1956): 343-354 (with a list of important writings, p. 354).
- wikipedia
Publications
Except for his dissertation Held wrote no other publications in the field of South Asia studies.
1935 The Mahābhārata: an ethnological study, Amsterdam-London. – Also appeared as PhD thesis Leiden.