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Willem Lodewijk van Helten

1849 – 1917
Dutch

Curriculum vitae

1849born in Hedel on August 30
gymnasium in Leiden and Rotterdam
1865-1871studied humanities, Leiden University
1871PhD Leiden University
1870-1882teacher Dutch language, HBS in Tiel and the gymnasium in Rotterdam
1882-1911professor in Dutch language and literature and old Frisian, from 1882-1889 also professor in fundamentals of Sanskrit, Groningen university
1911retirement
1917died 16-3-1917 in ’s-Gravenhage

Sources

  • “Prof. Dr W.L. van Helten.” Onze hoogleeraren: portretten en biografieen, Rotterdam 1898, pp. 120-121.
  • “Helten, W.L. van.” In: Bio- en bibliografisch lexicon van de Neerlandistiek, 2004. dbnl
  • Het Jaarboek der Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen 1916-1917 (Groningen, Den Haag 1917).

Publications

None in the field of South Asia or Sanskrit.