George Alexander Wilken
George Alexander Wilken (born March 13, 1847 in Menado (Minahassa) on Celebes , † August 28, 1891 in Leiden ) was a Dutch colonial administrator and ethnologist .
Life
The son of Nikolaus Philipp Wilken (1813-1878), was active in the Dutch-Indian service from 1869-80 and in 1881 was head of the institute for Indian civil servants. 1884 by the University of Leiden to Doctor Honoris Causa doctorate, he received in 1885 there professor of language, land and Ethnology of the Indian archipelago. His work deals in particular with the marriage, family and inheritance relationships of the Malay peoples. He made a contribution to researching the Malay peoples of the east Indian archipelago .
Works
- About the matriarchy among the ancient Arabs (also German. Leipzig 1884)
- Het animisme bij de volken van den Indian Archipelago (1884–85, 2 parts)
- “Het Shamanisme bij de People from the Indian Archipelago,” in the Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- and Folklore van Nederlandsch-Indië , xxxvi. (1887). On-line
- Over de Verwantschapen het huwelijks-en delighted bij de volken van het maleische ras (1888)
- Het strafrecht bij de volken van het maleische ras (in the " Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië ", Haag 1883)
- Het pandrecht bij de volken van den Indian archipelago (Haag 1888).
- Handleiding voor de vergelijkende volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië (Leiden 1893) - digitized
Web links
- George Alexander Wilken (1847-1891)
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 20. Leipzig 1909, pp. 647-648
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilken, George Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch colonial administrator and ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Menado (Minahassa) on Celebes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1891 |
| Place of death | Suffer |