Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud (20 February 1899 – 6 March 1988) was a German-born Dutch lexicographer and expert in
Javanese literature
Javanese literature is, generally speaking, literature from Java and, more specifically, from areas where Javanese language, Javanese is spoken. However, similar with other literary traditions, Javanese language works were and not necessarily prod ...
. He especially became famous for his
Javanese–Dutch dictionary (1938) that Poerwadarminto chose as the foundation of . Moreover, Pigeaud is also known because of his monumental study of
and text catalogs of the manuscripts in the libraries of the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany.
Biography
Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud was born on 20 February 1899, in Leipzig, Germany. He was the youngest of three children of Dr. Jan Jacob Pigeaud (1862–1942), a doctor, and his wife, Adolfina Adriana Frederika Bodde (1866–1947).
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1899 births
1988 deaths
Dutch academics
Dutch lexicographers
Javanists
Writers from The Hague
Leiden University alumni
20th-century lexicographers
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