P. J. Cosijn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

P. J. Cosijn

Dutch linguist

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1840

Place of Birth: Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1899

Profession: professor, university teacher, linguist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Pieter Jacob (P.
J.) Cosijn (29 November 1840, Rijswijk – 26 August 1899, Leiden) was a late 19th-century Dutch scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature.
His important work on Beowulf was edited by Rolf Bremmer.Cosijn became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1877.