Jan Jacob Schultens

Jan Jacob Schultens (1716-1788)

Jan Jacob Schultens (19 September 1716 in Franeker – 27 November 1788 in Leiden) was a Dutch orientalist. He was the son of philologist Albert Schultens. In 1742 he obtained his doctorate in theology at Leiden, later serving as a professor of Oriental languages at Herborn (1744–1749),[1] and afterwards succeeded to his father's chair at Leiden. His son was the Dutch linguist Henry Albert Schultens.[2]

  1. ^ Hessian Biography Schulten, Johann Jakob
  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schultens s.v. John James Schultens". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 382.

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