Willem Lodewijk van Helten
1849 – 1917
Dutch
Curriculum vitae
| 1849 | born in Hedel on August 30 |
| gymnasium in Leiden and Rotterdam | |
| 1865-1871 | studied humanities, Leiden University |
| 1871 | PhD Leiden University |
| 1870-1882 | teacher Dutch language, HBS in Tiel and the gymnasium in Rotterdam |
| 1882-1911 | professor in Dutch language and literature and old Frisian, from 1882-1889 also professor in fundamentals of Sanskrit, Groningen university |
| 1911 | retirement |
| 1917 | died 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.