Antoon Postma, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antoon Postma

Dutch anthropologist

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1929

Date of Death: 22-Oct-2016

Profession: anthropologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Antoon Postma

  • Antoon Postma (28 March 1929 – 22 October 2016) was a Dutch anthropologist who married into and lived among the Hanunuo, a Mangyan sub-tribe in southeastern Mindoro, Philippines.
  • He is best known for being the first to decipher the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, and for documenting the Hanunó'o script, paving the way for its preservation.

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