Hans Ras, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Ras

Dutch linguist *1926

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1926

Date of Death: 22-Oct-2003

Profession: university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Johannes Jacobus (Hans) Ras (1 April 1926 – 22 October 2003) was emeritus professor of Javanese language and literature at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
In 1961 he was lecturer at the University of Malaya, and in 1969 first representative in Jakarta of the KITLV (the Leiden-based Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde = Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology).
Until his retirement he was several times a member of the board of the KITLV.
From 1985 to 1992, he was professor of Javanese language and literature at the University of Leiden.