Hendrik Arent Hamaker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hendrik Arent Hamaker

Dutch orientalist

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1789

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1835

Profession: historian, university teacher, orientalist, assyriologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hendrik Arent Hamaker was a Dutch orientalist, born in Amsterdam in 1789 and died in Leiden in October 1835.
He studied most European and Asian languages, and the history and geography of the East.
He was an associate of the orientalist Johannes Hendricus van der Palm, and Theodor Juynboll was among his pupils.