FOKKER, Abraham Anthony. Karmat / Batavia 27.9.1862 — the Hague 1.1.1927. Dutch Indonesian Scholar. Born in Indonesia, son of Abraham Marinus F. (1823–1863) and Antonia Neeltje van Rijck. Ph.D. 1894 Leiden. Professor in Batavia (Jakarta), then taught Malay at Amsterdam University. Married 1885 Margaretha Wilhelmina Heemskerck (1869–1954), one daughter, and 1905 Helena Gesina van Tongeren (1873–1939), two daughters and one son.
Publications: Diss. on Malay phonetics. Leiden 1894.
– With W. Caland: Drie oude Portugeesche Verhandelingen over het Hindoeïsme. 8+216 p. Amsterdam 1915.
– Edited and translated: Wirataparwa. 117 p. ’s Gravenhage 1938 (Old Javanese); other works on Indonesian languages; also wrote on Spanish.
– Also wrote novels.
Sources: Neither in N.N.B.W. nor in Biogr. Archief van de Benelux; family details in geni.com and gw.geneanet.org.
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