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Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder

Dutch missionary

Died when: 89 years 160 days (1073 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder

Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder S.J. (January 29, 1906 – July 8, 1995) was a Dutch expert in the Old Javanese language.He came from Utrecht and was associated with the Society of Jesus by 1925.

He worked at Leiden University in the 1930s.His first work appeared in 1930 and he continued to write into the 1990s.

He lived in Yogyakarta and was interred in the Jesuit necropolis at Muntilan, Java.His work was important in the understanding of linguistic studies of Java.

He also did works on Monism and Muhammad.Merle Ricklefs translated his thesis in the 1990s.


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