Cornelis Johannes Maria (Cor) de Klerk
1903 – 2001
priest
Curriculum vitae
| 1903 | born in Noordwijkerhout on December 17 |
| … | studied theology |
| 1928 | redemptorist ordination |
| 1930-1933 | chaplain in Paramaribo |
| 1933-1940 | chaplain in Nickerie district |
| 1940-1946 | stay in the Netherlands during wartime; studied Hindi and Sanskrit, Leiden University |
| 1946-1948 | Suriname |
| 1951 | PhD degree under the supervivion of F.B.J. Kuiper, Leiden University |
| 1951-1953 | Suriname |
| 1953-1985 | counsellor and confessor in Bergen and Amsterdam |
| 2001 | died in Warmond on May 7 |
Sources
- Ramsoedh, Hans, “Ter nagedachtenis van Pater C.J.M. de Klerk.” Hindorama 2,4 (2001): 18-19.
- personal page on website of Dutch redemptorists
Publications
1951 Cultus en ritueel van het orthodoxe hindoeïsme in Suriname, Amsterdam. – PhD thesis Leiden University; repr. in 1998.
1953 De immigratie der Hindostanen in Suriname, Amsterdam. – repr. in 1998.
1998 Cultus en ritueel van het orthodoxe Hindoeïsme in Suriname : boek I ; De immigratie der Hindostanen in Suriname: boek II; met een voorw. en inl. van Sandew Hira, Den Haag: Amrit.