Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud

Dutch lexicographer

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1899

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1988

Profession: linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud (20 February 1899 in Leipzig – 6 March 1988 in Gouda) was an expert in Javanese literature from the Netherlands.
He especially became famous for his Java-Netherlands dictionary (1938) that Poerwadarminto chose as foundation of Baoesastra Djawa.
Moreover, Pigeaud was also known because of his monumental study about Nagarakretagama and text catalogues of the manuscripts in the libraries of Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany.