Johannes Cornelis Anceaux

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

Johannes Cornelis Anceaux
Anceaux in New Guinea (1959)
Born(1920-07-04)July 4, 1920
Schiedam, Netherlands
DiedAugust 6, 1988(1988-08-06) (aged 68)
Leiden, Netherlands
Spouse(s)Maria Rosinga
Children3
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

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]

Education

In 1938, Anceaux began studying Indonesian literature at Leiden University. However, the outbreak of World War II interrupted his studies as he was drafted into the military. After Leiden University closed in 1940, he went to the University of Amsterdam, where he passed his examination in 1942. After the war ended, under the supervision of Cornelis Christiaan Berg (1900–1990), he returned to Leiden University to complete his doctoral thesis Over de geschiedenis van de Indonesische taalkunde in 1952, with a particular emphasis on the Wolio language of Southeast Sulawesi.[4]

Family

In 1948, Anceaux married Maria Rosinga. The couple had two daughters and one son.[4]

Selected bibliography
  • Anceaux, Johannes Cornelis. 1958. Languages of the Bomberai Peninsula: Outline of a linguistic map. Nieuw-Guinea Studiën 2: 109–121.
  • Anceaux, Johannes C. 1961. The linguistic situation in the islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum. (Verhandelingen ven het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 35.) The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
  • Anceaux, Johannes C. 1965. The Nimboran language. (Verhandelingen ven het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 44.) The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
  • 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.
  • 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.

References
  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.
  4. Adelaar, K. A. (1989). In memoriam Johannes Cornelis Anceaux. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Rituals and Socio-Cosmic Order in Eastern Indonesian Societies. Teil 1, Nusa Tenggara Timur 145 (1989), No. 1, Leiden, 1–7 (PDF in Dutch).
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