Robert S. P. Beekes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert S. P. Beekes

Dutch linguist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1937

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Sep-2017

Profession: university teacher, linguist, full professor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (Dutch: ['be?k?s]; 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University and an author of many monographs on the Proto-Indo-European language.