Hans Ras
Dutch linguist
Died when: 77 years 204 days (930 months)Star Sign: Aries
Johannes Jacobus (Hans) Ras (1 April 1926 – 22 October 2003) was emeritus professor of Javanese language and literature at Leiden University, the Netherlands.In 1961 he was lecturer at the University of Malaya, and in 1969 first representative in Jakarta of the KITLV (the Leiden-based Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde = Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology).
Until his retirement he was several times a member of the board of the KITLV.From 1985 to 1992, he was professor of Javanese language and literature at the University of Leiden.
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