Background
Delaware, January was born on February 15, 1921 in Leiden. Son of late Dirk Comelis de Jong and Johanna Elisabeth van Biemen.
Delaware, January was born on February 15, 1921 in Leiden. Son of late Dirk Comelis de Jong and Johanna Elisabeth van Biemen.
Professor, of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies University of Leiden 1956-1965, of South. Asian and Buddhist Studies Australian National University, Canberra 1965-1986. Visiting Fellow" Department, of Far Eastern History, A.N.U. 1987-1989. Company-Founder and Company-Editor Indo-Iranian Journal since 1956.
Correspondent.
Royal Netherlands Academy, of Arts and Sciences 1978.
Married Gisele Femande Bacques in 1949.