EMELEN, Arthur Marie Joseph van. Leuven 2.3.1874 — Ranchi 17.8.1936. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary in India. Son of Léon van E. and Catharina Sofia Casteleyn. Worked in Chota Nagpur and collaborated with —> J. B. Hoffmann. He was also interested in botany and developed plant nomenclature in Hindi and Mundari. An elusive figure about whom few details are found.
Publications: Wwith J. Hoffmann: Encyclopaedia Mundarica. 1-16. 4889 p. Patna 1914/30-41.
Sources: hemel.be; odis.be; mostly mentioned only in connestion of his work.
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