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| Born | (1939-10-13)13 October 1939 Gramsbergen, Netherlands |
| Died | 18 August 2022(2022-08-18) (aged 82) Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Spouse | Janneke (died 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Thesis | Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa I, 1-65: translation and commentary, with a study:Agnihotra andPrāṇāgnihotra (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan Gonda |
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| Discipline | Indology |
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Hendrik Wilhelm "Henk" Bodewitz (13 October 1939 – 18 August 2022) was a Dutch Indologist. He was a professor at the Universities ofUtrecht and laterLeiden between 1976 and 2002.
Between 1952 and 1958 he attended thegymnasium inCoevorden. He obtained a degree in classical languages atUtrecht University in 1963 and subsequently a further degree in Indo-Iranian studies in 1966.[1]
Bodewitz started working at Utrecht University as an assistant professor ofSanskrit in 1966. He did so for two years and then became an associate professor atLeiden University, which he remained until 1976. In 1973 Bodewitz earned his PhD underJan Gonda at Utrecht University. In 1976 he was appointed as full professor of Sanskrit and Indo-European linguistics and he succeeded Gonda in that position.[2] In 1988 his teaching assignment was changed to Indian and Iranian languages and cultures, especially Sanskrit. In 1992 his chair was scrapped in a reorganization in which the departments of Sanskrit of Utrecht and Leiden merged.[3][2] Bodewitz was able to assume the professorship of Sanskrit at Leiden University the same year.[1]
He took up early emeritus status in 2002 due to the introduction of the Bachelor/Master system in the Netherlands. When he left he was the last full professor of Sanskrit in the Netherlands.[2]
Bodewitz was elected a member of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1987.[4] In 1988 he was a founding member of theAcademia Europaea.[1][5]
Bodewitz was born inGramsbergen on 13 October 1939. He died inUtrecht on 18 August 2022.[3][6] His wife, Janneke, died three weeks before him. They had two children.[6]
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