EMELEN, Arthur Marie Joseph van. Leuven 2.3.1874 — Ranchi 17.8.1936. S.J. Father. Belgian Missionary in India. Son of Léon van Emelen (1829–1900) and Catharina Sofia Casteleyn. Worked in Chota Nagpur and collaborated with —> J. B. Hoffmann (1857–1928) completing the great dictionary after his death. 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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