Background
Uhlenbeck, Eugenius Marius was born on August 9, 1913 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Uhlenbeck, Eugenius Marius was born on August 9, 1913 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Student, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1949. Doctorate (honorary), University Louvain, Belgium, 1975.
Doctorate (honorary), Charles University, Prague, 1991.
Government linguist for Javanese language and literature, Bureau for Popular Literature, Djakarta, Indonesia, 1939-1942;
lecturer general and Indonesian linguistics, U. Indonesia, Djakarta, 1946-1948;
professor Javanese language and literature, U. Leiden, 1950-1983;
professor general linguistics, U. Leiden, 1958-1979;
professor emeritus, U. Leiden, since 1983. Visiting professor Linguistic Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, 1953. President of the board Netherlands Institute Advanced Study at Wassenaar, 1970-1983.
Professorial fellow Australian National U., Canberra, Australia, 1973, research fellow, 1985. Secretary general Permanent International Committee Linguists, since 1977. Member Dutch National Advisory Council for Science Policy, 1967-1971, vice president, 1971-1976.
Served with Netherlands Military, 1938-1939. Member Royal Institute Linguistics and Anthropology (honorary, board directors 1952-1981, president 1962-1965), Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences, Linguistic Society of America (honorary), Society Linguistica Europaea (president 1972), Cercle Linguistique de Prague (honorary), Academia Europaea.