| LC control no. | no2020028117 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jager, Herbert de, 1636 or 1637-1694 |
| Variant(s) | De Jager, Herbert, 1636 or 1637-1694 |
| Associated country | India |
| Associated place | Iṣfahān (Iran) |
| Birth date | [1636,1637] |
| Death date | 16940106 |
| Place of birth | Zwammerdam (Netherlands) |
| Place of death | Jakarta (Indonesia) |
| Field of activity | Language and languages Botany |
| Affiliation | Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie |
| Profession or occupation | Linguists Botanists |
| Found in | Museum museorum, oder Vollständige Schau-Bühne aller Materialien und Specereÿen ..., 1704 : unnumbered p. 13, 5th count (Herbert de Jager) Molhuysen, P.C. Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, 1911-1937 (heading: Jager, Herbert de; Orientislist who was born in Zwammerdam in either 1636 or 1637; he initially studied theology at the the University of Leiden but then switched to mathematics and oriental languages; in 1662 he was sent to the East Indies where he was in the employ of the Dutch East India Company and studied botany, astonomy, and the architecture of fortifications; he was then sent to Persia where he was based in the court at Isfahan; in India he studied Telugu, Sanskrit, and Tamil; in 1680, he was transferred to Batavia, now Jakarta in Indonesia where he studied botany extensively; he died in Batavia on January 6, 1694) |
| Associated language | dut lat |
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