Johannes Cornelis Anceaux

Johannes Cornelis Anceaux
Anceaux in New Guinea (1959)
Born(1920-07-04)4 July 1920
Schiedam, Netherlands
Died6 August 1988(1988-08-06) (aged 68)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
SpouseMaria Rosinga
Children4
Academic background
EducationLeiden University and the University of Amsterdam
Alma materLeiden University
ThesisOver de geschiedenis van de Indonesische taalkunde (1952)
Doctoral advisorCornelis Christiaan Berg
Academic work
Discipline
  • Linguistics
  • Anthropology
Sub-disciplinePapuan and Austronesian linguistics

Johannes Cornelis Anceaux (4 July 1920 in Schiedam, Netherlands – 6 August 1988 in Leiderdorp, Netherlands) was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist known for his extensive work on Papuan and Austronesian languages.[1]

Apart from his monographs on Wolio, Nimboran, and the languages of Yapen Island, Anceaux was also known for his wordlists of languages of Irian Jaya.[2][3]

  1. ^ Beukers, H. (1991). Album Scholasticum academiae lugduno-batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX (1975–1989). Leids Universiteits-Fonds, Leiden.
  2. ^ Smits, Leo and Clemens L. Voorhoeve. (eds.) 1994. The J. C. Anceaux Collection of Wordlists of Irian Jaya Languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) Languages. Part I. Irian Jaya Source Material 9 Series B 3. Leiden-Jakarta: DSALCUL/IRIS.
  3. ^ Smits, Leo and Clemens L. Voorhoeve. 1998. The J. C. Anceaux Collection of Wordlists of Irian Jaya Languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) Languages. Part II. Irian Jaya Source Material 10 Series B 4. Leiden-Jakarta: DSALCUL/IRIS.