Claudius de Goeje

Claudius Henricus de Goeje
Born(1879-05-04)May 4, 1879
Leiden, Netherlands
DiedJune 8, 1955(1955-06-08) (aged 76)
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Navy officer
Cartographer
Cultural anthropologist
Parent(s)Michael Jan de Goeje and Wilhelmina Henriëtte Leembruggen

Claudius Henricus de Goeje (4 May 1879 – 8 June 1955) was a Dutch Navy officer and cartographer, who took a special interest in the Wayana and Tiriyó peoples he encountered on his expeditions to the interior of Suriname. For his lifelong interest in the Amerindian peoples of the Surinamese interior, he was awarded an endowed professorship in the Linguistics and Anthropology of Suriname and Curaçao at Leiden University in 1946. De Goeje retired in 1951 and died four years later, in 1955.[1][2]

The De Goeje Mountains in Suriname are named after Claudius de Goeje.

  1. ^ van Lier, R.A.J. (1955). "In memoriam Claudius Henricus de Goeje (1879-1955)". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 111 (4): 321–324. doi:10.1163/22134379-90002337.
  2. ^ "Prof. dr. C.H. (Claudius Henricus) de Goeje". Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen. Retrieved 19 February 2018.