Egbert Jan Bakker (born 12 November 1958) is a Dutch classical scholar specializing in Greek language, literature and linguistics. He currently is a professor of Classics at Yale University.

Career

Bakker was born in 1958 in Amsterdam. He obtained his PhD from

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...

in 1988. Bakker was a Fellow at the

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is an independent research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The instit ...

for several months in 1992. He lectured at

, University of Virginia, University of Texas at Austin, and the Université de Montréal before starting at Yale University in 2004. Bakker became a corresponding member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 1999.

References

1958 births Living people Classical scholars of Yale University Dutch classical scholars Leiden University alumni Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Writers from Amsterdam Yale University faculty {{Netherlands-academic-bio-stub