Background
Besten, Johannes Bernardus den was born on December 18, 1948 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Adrianus Cornelis and Agnes Forest Engineer (van der Wedden) den Besten.
Besten, Johannes Bernardus den was born on December 18, 1948 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Adrianus Cornelis and Agnes Forest Engineer (van der Wedden) den Besten.
Doctor of Philosophy, Tilburg University, 1989.
Researcher Netherlands Organization Pure Research, Amsterdam, 1974-1978. Assistant professor University Amsterdam, 1979-1990, associate professor, since 1991.
Member Linguistic Society of America, Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap, Linguistic Society Southern Africa.
Married.