Jan Jacob Schultens
Dutch linguist
Died when: 72 years 69 days (866 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Jan Jacob Schultens (19 September 1716 in Franeker – 27 November 1788 in Leiden) was a Dutch orientalist.He was the son of philologist Albert Schultens.
In 1742 he obtained his doctorate in theology at Leiden, later serving as a professor of Oriental languages at Herborn (1744–1749), and afterwards succeeded to his father's chair at Leiden.
His son was the Dutch linguist Henry Albert Schultens.
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