Nicolaus Adriani


Nicolaus Adriani was a Christian missionary from the Netherlands who did work in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893. He was sent by the Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap. He worked as a linguist in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
In 1897 Adriani became correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1918 he joined as member.

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