Willem Caland
Willem Caland | |
|---|---|
University of Leiden | |
| Known for | Caland system |
| Spouse |
Jennij Elisabeth van Hettinga Tromp
(m. 1883) |
| Children | 1 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | University of Utrecht |
| Thesis | De nummis M. Antonii IIIviri vitam et res gestas illustrantibus commentatio[1] |
| Doctoral advisor | Carel Gabriel Cobet |
Willem Caland (August 27, 1859 – March 23, 1932) is named after him.
Biography
Caland was born on August 27, 1859 to Pieter, a hydraulic engineer who became well known for working on the
University of Leiden in 1877. There, he attended lectures on classical languages, most notably H. Kern's lectures on Sanskrit and Avestan. After completing his doctoral examination in 1882, he was appointed to teach classical languages in Maastricht.[1] He obtained his doctorate from the University of Leiden within a year with his thesis focusing on Roman numismatics,[2] nominally under the advisor Carel Gabriel Cobet, but he primarily sought help from Jan Jacob Cornelissen.[1] The same year, he married Jennij Elisabeth van Hettinga Tromp, with whom he had one daughter.[1] In 1887, he moved to Breda, where he became conrector at the local gymnasium.[2] In 1897, he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]
His heart condition was severe enough that it kept him from traveling to
Old Persian and Avestan to his professorship. He also served as a part of the management for the Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences.[1]
On March 23, 1932, Caland died in Utrecht as a result of his heart condition.[2]
Selected works
- Altindischer Ahnencult (German: Ancient Indian Ancestor Worship, 1893)
- Die altindischen Todten- und Bestattungsgebräuche (German: The Ancient Death and Funeral Customs, 1896)
- Altindisches Zaubermaterial (German: Ancient Indian Witchcraft Material, 1900)
- L'agniṣṭoma. Description complète de la forme normale du Sacrifice de Soma dans le culte védique (French: Angiṣṭoma: A Complete Description of the Normal Form of Soma Sacrifice in the Vedic Religion, 1906-7; written with Victor Henry)
- Altindisch Zauberei. Darstellung der altindischen "Wundschopfer" (German: Ancient Indian Witchcraft: A Description of the Ancient Indian "Wish Sacrifices", 1908)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j H. van der Hoeven (November 12, 2013). "Caland, Willem (1859-1932)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ JSTOR 25194603. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "Willem Caland (1859 - 1932)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- W. Caland, Kleine Schriften... Hrsg. M. Witzel (Wiesbaden, 1990).
- Biography in Dutch
- Jeremy Rau, "The Indo-Iranian Caland System"
