BALDAEUS (Baelde), Philippus. Delft bapt. 24.10.1632 — Geervliet 1671. Dutch Priest and Traveller. Son of Jan Baelde, a merchant, and Maria Junius, of Flemish origin, lost early his parents (1636). After Latin school in Delft studied at Groningen and, in 1650-54, Leiden universities. In 1654 he got a post of…
BAKE, Arnold Adriaan. Hilversum 19.5.1899 — London 8.10.1963. Dutch Indologist in India and in the U.K. Born in a well-to-do family. School at Hilversum and in 1912-18 in Haarlem. He planned to go to Indonesia, and therefore began in 1918 Sanskrit (Vogel) and Arabian (Snouck Hurgronje) studies at Leiden, also…
ARNTZ, Jacobus. Milligen, near Nijmegen 15.12.1816 — Kuilenburg (now Culemburg, Gelderland) 10.6.1887. S.J. Dutch Jesuit Scholar interested in Sanskrit Literature. In 1843-47 he taught philosophy at Kuilenburg Seminary. In 1848 ordained. Then taught philosophy, philology and even natural sciences at seminaries of Maastricht and in 1862-65 of Kuilenburg. Publications: “Savitri,…
ADRICHEM, Dirk van. 16?? — 1665?. Dutch Colonial Agent in India. He was the chief of the Dutch factory in Surat 1662-65, and in 1662 visited the court of Aurangzib on a diplomatic mission, to congratulate the emperor on his accession. He spent three months in Delhi, and published an…
AA, Jean Baptiste van der. 1843 — 19??. S.J. Flemish Jesuit Father, Missionary in Sri Lanka. In 1895 he went to Sri Lanka and worked as teacher at the Papal Seminarium in Kandy. Publications: Praelectionum philosophiae scholasticae brevis conspectus: Liber primus, Logica. Lovanii 1884; Liber II. Cosmologia et Organologia. 236 p.…