Emericus Joannes van Donzel (5 July 1925 inNieuwstadt − 29 October 2017 inWassenaar) was a Dutch historian of theMiddle East, with particular interests inEthiopia and the interaction between the Islamic world and Christianity.[1]
He served as director of theNetherlands Institute for the Near East and editor-in-chief of theEncyclopaedia of Islam.[1] He received theAkademiepenning of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Hamburg and the medal of an Officer in theOrder of Oranje-Nassau.[1]
TheNetherlands Institute for the Near East (Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten) remembers him as one of the managers that has driven NINO through one of the most crucial phases of its existence. He was sent abroad, toAddis Abeba, the capital ofEthiopia due to his knowledge ofSemitics andSanscrit languages, as well as the Indonesian culture. One of his other approaches was related to the interaction between Christianity and Islam, for which he studied the life and writings ofSayyida Salme and the culture of Arabic people in Africa and Central Asia.[2]
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