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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
Dutch Orientalist (1857–1936)
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje | |
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Dutch scholar Snouck Hurgronje. | |
| Born | (1857-02-08)8 February 1857 Oosterhout, Netherlands |
| Died | 26 June 1936(1936-06-26) (aged 79) Leiden, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Professor, author, spy, colonial advisor |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈkrɪstijaːnˈsnukɦʏrˈɣrɔɲə]; 8 February 1857 – 26 June 1936) was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and advisor on native affairs to the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies.
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Born in Oosterhout in 1857, he became a theology student at Leiden University in 1874. He received his doctorate at Leiden in 1880 with his dissertation 'Het Mekkaansche Feest' ("The Festivities of Mecca"). He became a professor at the Leiden School for Colonial Civil Servants in 1881.
Snouck, who was fluent in Arabic, through mediation with the Ottoman governor in Jeddah,