LECOUTERE, Carolus (Charles) Franciscus Petrus. Antwerpen 11.12.1865 — Knokke, West Flanders 19.9.1921. Belgian Linguist. Professor in Leuven. Son of sculptor Petrus Lecoutere and Ludovica Vandenbroucke. Student of de Harlez at Leuven, but concentrated more on Classics (Ph.D. 1892) and then turned to Germanistics. Eo. Professor at Louvain (Leuven) from 1895, ord. 1899. Married Charlotte Agathe Sievers (b. 1872), three daughters and two sons.

Publications: Coup d’œil sur l’histoire des études linguistiques au XIXe siècle. Paris – Lyon 1893.

– .“Indische letterkunde”,  Het Belfort 4, 1889, 377-388, 5, 1890, 348-359, 406-417; “Sâvitrî”, Het Belfort 8, 1893, 22-40, 97-118; “Over het Çvetadvîpa of het ‘eiland der blanken’ in het Mahâbhârata”, Dietsche Warande N.R. 2, Jg. 10, 1897, 462-480.

– “Oudindische romans en vertellingen”, Dietsche Warande en Belfort 1:1, 1901, 68f., 161–177, 273–291, 465–494 & 1:2, 1901, 27–41.

– Inleiding tot de Taalkunde. Brussels 1915, 2nd ed. 1921; also wrote on Dutch literature.

Sources: J.L. Pauwels, N.B.W. 2, 1966, 434–436; works in dbnl.org.