Nicolaus Adriani

Nicolaus Adriani
A bald man with small glasses and a goatee in a suit
Born(1865-09-15)15 September 1865
Oud-Loosdrecht, Netherlands
Died5 August 1926(1926-08-05) (aged 60)
Poso, Dutch East Indies
(now Indonesia)
Academic background
Alma materLeiden University

Nicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865 – 5 August 1926)[1] was a Dutch linguist who worked in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.[2] He was sent by the Netherlands Bible Society.[3] He worked as a linguist in Poso, Central Sulawesi.[3]

In 1897, Adriani became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1918 he joined as a member.[4]

Selected works

  • Adriani, N., 1894. Sangireesche spraakkunst. 's Gravenhage: Martin Nijhoff.
  • Adriani, Nicolaus. 1912. De Baree-Sprekende Toradja's van Midden Celebes.
  • Adriani, Nicolaus. 1919. Posso (Midden-Celebes). Boekhandel van den Zendingsstudie-raad.
  • Adriani, Nicolaus. 1928. Bare'e-Nederlandsch woordenboek: met Nederlandsch-Bare'e register. EJ Brill.
  • Adriani, Nicolaus. 1928. "Spraakkunstige schets van de taal der Mĕntawai-Eilanden." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië 1ste Afl, 1-117.
  • Adriani, Nicolaus, and Albertus C. Kruyt. The Bare'e-speaking Toradja of Central Celebes:(the East Toradja).
  • Adriani, Nicolaus, and Albertus C. Kruyt. 1914. "De Bare’e-sprekende Toradja’s van Midden-Celebes. Vol 3: Taal-en letterkundige schets der Bare’e taal en overzicht van het taalgebied: Celebes-Zuid-Halmahera." Batavia: Landsdrukkerij (1914). (Adriani, Nicolaus. Posso (Midden-Celebes). Boekhandel van den Zendingsstudie-raad, 1919.(Human Relations Area Files, 1968.)

References

  1. ↑ Adriani, N. in De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008, p. 247.
  2. ↑ Fred Lanzing (2013), Heksen, geesten, spoken, weerwolven, en broeders. Het leven van de zendeling-schrijver Nicolaus Adriani in Ellendige levens: Nederlandse schrijvers in de negentiende eeuw, Uitgeverij Verloren, 2013, pp. 267-276.
  3. 1 2 J. A. Sarira. 1975. Benih yang Tumbuh 6 - Gereja Toraja. Jakarta: LPS DGI dan BPS Gereja Toraja.
  4. ↑ "Nicolaus Adriani (1865 - 1926)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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