Jan Jacob Schultens
Dutch linguist
Born on: September 19, 1716Died on: November 27, 1788
Aged: 72 years 69 days (866 months)
Birth Sign: Virgo
Jan Jacob Schultens 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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