Robert S. P. Beekes
Robert S. P. Beekes | |
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| Born | Robert Stephen Paul Beekes 2 September 1937 Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Died | 21 September 2017 (aged 80) Oegstgeest, Netherlands |
| Education | Leiden University (Ph.D., 1969) |
| Known for | Contributions to Indo-European studies Reconstructing Pre-Greek phonology Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Etymological Dictionary of Greek |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Indo-European linguistics |
| Institutions | Leiden University |
| Doctoral advisor | F. B. J. Kuiper |
Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (Dutch: [ˈbeːkəs]; 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University and an author of many monographs on the Proto-Indo-European language.