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Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud

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Dutch lexicographer (1899-1988)

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Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud was a German-born Dutch lexicographer and expert in Javanese literature. He especially became famous for his Javanese-Dutch dictionary (1938) that Poerwadarminto chose as the foundation of Baoesastra Djawa.

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Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud was a German-born Dutch lexicographer and expert in Javanese literature. He especially became famous for his Javanese-Dutch dictionary (1938) that Poerwadarminto chose as the foundation of Baoesastra Djawa. Moreover, Pigeaud is also known because of his monumental study of Nagarakretagama and text catalogs of the manuscripts in the libraries of the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany.

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Lived 1899 to 1988 · aged 89
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