Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon

Background

Baljon, Johannes Marinus Simon was born on July 18, 1919 in Modjowarno, East Java, Indonesia. Arrived in The Netherlands, 1932. Son of Johannes Marinus Simon and Maria Cornelia L. (Ossewaarde) Baljon.

J.M.S. Baljon was the third generation bearing the name Johannes Marinus Simon. His father was a prominent missionary. His grandfather was the Dutch theologian J.M.S. Baljon who wrote a series of well received books on the New Testament.

Education

Candidate philology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 1948. Doctor of Divinity, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, 1949. Student Urdu, School Oriental Studies, London, 1948.

Student Arabic, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 1949.

Career

Minister, Dutch Reformed Church, Blankenham, The Netherlands, 1950-1957;

minister, Dutch Reformed Church, Loppersum, The Netherlands, 1957-1960;

assistant professor Faculty Theology and Arts,, Groningen (The Netherlands) U., 1961-1971;

professor, Groningen (The Netherlands) U., 1971-1984;

writer on Islamic subjects,, Leiden, since 1984. Member General Synod Reformed Church, Kampen, The Netherlands, 1955-1957. Member advanced.com. Netherlands Organisation for Pure Research, The Hague, 1974-1980.

Achievements

• Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon has been listed as a notable Islamologist, writer, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The reforms and religious ideas of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

Membership

General president Netherlands-Arab Circle, The Hague, 1986-1989. Member Society for Study History Religions, Oriental Society Netherlands.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, chess, bridge.

Connections

Married Krijna Petronella van den Ende, August 14, 1947. Children: Marijke, Kees, Christophoor, Maarten, Theo.

Father:

Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon

Mother:

Maria Cornelia L. (Ossewaarde) Baljon

Spouse:

Krijna Petronella van den Ende

child:

Theo Baljon

child:

Christophoor Baljon

child:

Maarten Baljon

child:

Kees Baljon

child:

Marijke Baljon