Theo van Els, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theo van Els

Dutch university professor

Date of Birth: 14-May-1936

Place of Birth: Wanssum, Limburg, Netherlands

Date of Death: 04-Aug-2015

Profession: university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Theodorus Johannes Maria "Theo" van Els (14 May 1936 – 4 August 2015) was a Dutch academic who served as Rector magnificus of the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1994 and 2000.
He was a professor of applied linguistics.Van Els was born in 1936 in Wanssum, he obtained a degree in English language and literature at the Radboud University Nijmegen in 1961.
In 1972 he obtained a PhD at the same university with a dissertation on an 8th-century manuscript of Old English names.
In 1979 he became lecturer and two years later professor of applied linguistics.