Rob Grootendorst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rob Grootendorst

Dutch linguist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 23-Feb-2000

Profession: university teacher, philosopher, linguist, Dutch language specialist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Rob Grootendorst (11 February 1944 in Schiedam – 23 February 2000 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch communication and argumentation theory scholar.
He was professor for Dutch speech communication at the University of Amsterdam.
His contributions to the argumentation field include the co-foundation of the pragma-dialectic school in argumentation theory. He also wrote several books on the life and works of the Dutch writer and politician Theo Thijssen.