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Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis
Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis (31 May 1916, Eemnes – 19 June 2002, Wassenaar) was a Dutch orientalist and indologist.
Early years.
After attending Barlaeus Gymnasium in Amsterdam, De Casparis started piano study at the conservatory of Amsterdam. However, a year later, in 1934, he turned to classical languages with Russian as a minor at the University of Amsterdam. Barend Faddegon was teaching Sanskrit in Amsterdam and under his influence, de Casparis switched to Sanskrit. In 1935, the archaeologist
meetings to determine the use of neologisms in Indonesian, the official language of the young Republic.
In the 1950s, he published in BEFEO six major series of studies for Indonesia. In 1959, at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, in the historical and philological sciences department, he created a management study of Indonesian languages and civilizations. He died suddenly in Jakarta in May 1966, leaving behind much unfinished work.
See also.
- Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis
- Banjamin Walker
- Prix Stanislas Julien