George van Driem

Summary

George van Driem is a human^[1]. He was born on +1957-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as a linguist^[3], university teacher^[4], and Tibetologist^[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,283 of 1,000,298).^[6]

Key Facts

• George van Driem was born on +1957-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2].
• George van Driem was born on +1957-02-19T00:00:00Z^[7].
• George van Driem held citizenship in Kingdom of the Netherlands^[8].
• English was George van Driem's native language^[9].
• George van Driem worked as a linguist^[3].
• George van Driem's professions included university teacher^[4].
• George van Driem's professions included Tibetologist^[5].
• George van Driem's field of work was linguistics^[10].
• George van Driem's field of work was historical grammar^[11].
• George van Driem's field of work was Tibeto-Burman^[12].
• George van Driem was employed by Leiden University^[13].
• George van Driem was employed by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati^[14].
• George van Driem was educated at Leiden University^[15].
• George van Driem was a member of Himalayan Languages Project^[16].
• George van Driem's image is recorded as Sjors 2.jpg^[17].
• George van Driem is recorded as male^[18].
• George van Driem's instance of is recorded as human^[19].
• George van Driem's ISNI is recorded as 0000000081752968^[20].
• George van Driem's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 109776917^[21].
• George van Driem's GND ID is recorded as 1055810056^[22].
• George van Driem's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85259399^[23].
• George van Driem's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121231679^[24].
• George van Driem's IdRef ID is recorded as 066983428^[25].
• George van Driem's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02521933^[26].
• George van Driem's Commons category is recorded as George van Driem^[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded date of birth include +1957-01-01T00:00:00Z^[2] and +1957-02-19T00:00:00Z^[7]. English was George van Driem's native language^[9].

Education

George van Driem was educated at Leiden University^[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include linguist^[3], university teacher^[4], and Tibetologist^[5]. Fields of work include linguistics^[10], an academic discipline^[28]; historical grammar^[11]; and Tibeto-Burman^[12], a language family^[29]. Employers include Leiden University^[13], a university^[30], in Netherlands^[31], founded in 1575^[32], headquartered in Leiden^[33] and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati^[14], an institute of technology^[34], in India^[35], founded in 1994^[36].

Why It Matters

George van Driem ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,283 of 1,000,298).^[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

FAQs

What did George van Driem do for work?

George van Driem worked as linguist^[3], university teacher^[4], and Tibetologist^[5].

Where did George van Driem go to school?

George van Driem was educated at Leiden University^[15].