Background
Coetsem, Frans Camille Cornelis Van was born on April 14, 1919 in Geraardsbergen, Belgium. Son of Paul and Helene (De Lil) van Coetsem. came to the United States, 1968, naturalized, 1974.
Coetsem, Frans Camille Cornelis Van was born on April 14, 1919 in Geraardsbergen, Belgium. Son of Paul and Helene (De Lil) van Coetsem. came to the United States, 1968, naturalized, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Louvain, Belgium, 1952.
Researcher Dutch Dictionary, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1947-1957; associate professor, U. Louvain, 1957-1961; professor, U. Louvain, 1961-1967; professor, U. Leiden, 1963-1968; visiting professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1965-1966; professor linguistics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1988; professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1988. Visiting professor U. Vienna, spring 1976.
Served with Belgium Army, 1945. Member Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences.
Married Juliette De Bodt, December 30, 1947. Children-Paul, Anne-Marie.