Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences (, 1778-1962) was a Dutch learned society in Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia).
The society was founded in 1778 by naturalist Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher as the "Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Wetenschappen" (Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences), and assumed its current name in 1910. After Indonesian independence in 1949, it was renamed the "Lembaga Kebudajaan Indonesia" in 1950, and in 1962 ceased operation.
1912 suggested that "Siti Akbari" was heavily influenced by the earlier "Sjair Abdoel Moeloek" (1847), variously credited to Raja Ali Haji or Saleha. This tale was transliterated by Arnold Snackey, then later translated into Sundanese. Sources disagree on the translator. The documentarian Christiaan Hooykaas, writing in a letter to literary critic Nio Joe Lan, suggested that Lie's inspiration had come from a version of "Sjair Abdoel Moeloek" held in the Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences Library in Batavia. Biographer Tio Ie