Nicolaus Adriani

Nicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865, Oud-Loosdrecht – 1 May 1926 Tana Toraja)[1] was a Christian missionary from the Netherlands who did work in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.[2] He was sent by the Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap.[3] He worked as a linguist in Poso, Central Sulawesi.[3]

In 1897 Adriani became correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1918 he joined as member.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Adriani, N. in De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008, p. 247.
  2. ↑ Fred Lanzing (2013), Heksen, geesten, spoken, weerwolven, en broeders. Het leven van de zendeling-schrijver Nicolaus Adriani in Ellendige levens: Nederlandse schrijvers in de negentiende eeuw, Uitgeverij Verloren, 2013, pp. 267-276.
  3. 1 2 J. A. Sarira. 1975. Benih yang Tumbuh 6 - Gereja Toraja. Jakarta: LPS DGI dan BPS Gereja Toraja.
  4. ↑ "Nicolaus Adriani (1865 - 1926)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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