Herman Eildert Buiskool
1884 – 1963
Dutch linguistics, lexicology, Sanskrit
Curriculum vitae
| 1884 | born in Weerdinge on January 12 |
| 1898-1902 | studied teacher training in Nijmegen and Arnhem |
| 1902-1933 | teacher at primary schools in Emmen, Utrecht and Amsterdam |
| c.1920-1928 | studied general and comparative linguistics at the University of Amsterdam |
| 1934 | PhD Oriental language and literature under supervision of B. Faddegon, University of Amsterdam |
| 1936-1938 | conservator of the Kern Institute, Leiden University |
| 1935-1944 | co-worker and co-editor of the Woordenboek der Nederlandse taal (Dictionary of the Dutch Language) |
| 1944 | retirement |
| 1963 | died in Leiden on August 11 |
Special activities and positions
- Member of the Maatschappij voor Letterkunde te Leiden
- Secretary of the Nederlands-Belgische spellingsommissie
- Member and secretary of the Vaste Commissie van Advies inzake de Nederlandse Taal
- Linguistic advisor of the Centrale Taalcommissie voor de Techniek
Sources
- “Dr. H.E. Buiskool.” In: O.K.W. (Onderwijs, Kunsten en Wetenschappen)-mededelingen 27, nr. 32/33, zb VIII (1963)
- Haeringen, C.B. van, “Herman Eildert Buiskool (Weerdinge, 12 januari 1884 – Leiden, 11 augustus 1963).” Jaarboek MNL 1963-1964: 35-41.
- Verhagen, Peter, “Herman Buiskool: Sanskritist en lexicoloog.” In: Hanneke van den Muyzenberg en Thomas de Bruijn (red.), Waarom Sanskrit? Honderdvijfentwintig jaar Sanskrit in Nederland: tien lezingen, Leiden: Kern Institute 1991, pp. 30-36 (Kern Institute Miscellanea 4).
Publications on Indian studies
1934 Pūrvatrāsiddham: analytisch onderzoek aangaande het systeem der Tripādī van Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, Amsterdam. – PhD thesis Amsterdam.
1939 The Tripādī: being an abridged English recast of Pūrvatrāsiddham (an analytical-synthetical inquiry into the system of the last three chapters of Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī) , Leiden
1961 “Bahuvrīhi en zwakke adjectiefflexie.” Taal en Tongval 13, 63-66.