Jan Jacob Schultens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Jacob Schultens

Dutch linguist

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1716

Place of Birth: Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1778

Profession: theologian, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jan Jacob Schultens (19 September 1716 in Franeker – 27 November 1788 in Leiden) was a Dutch orientalist.
He was the son of philologist Albert Schultens.
In 1742 he obtained his doctorate in theology at Leiden, later serving as a professor of Oriental languages at Herborn (1744–1749), and afterwards succeeded to his fathers chair at Leiden.