Background
JORDENS, Joseph Teresa Florent was born on June 28, 1925 in Belgium. Son of Hubert Constant Jordens and Elisabeth Mertens.
JORDENS, Joseph Teresa Florent was born on June 28, 1925 in Belgium. Son of Hubert Constant Jordens and Elisabeth Mertens.
Saint Jozefs College, and University of Louvain.
Teacher of French and German, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School 1959-1961. Lecturer, later Senior lecturer, Department, of Indian Studies, University of Melbourne 1961-1969. Senior lecturer. Reader in Asian History, A.N.U. since 1970, Head Department, of Asian History and Civilizations 83.
Dean Faculty of Asian Studies 1983-1988.
Visiting Professor, of Indian Religions, University of Wisconsin at Madison 1968-1969. Meyer Foundation Asian Fellow 1967-1968, A.N.U. Leverhulme Asian Fellow since 1972.
Married Ann-Mari Williams in 1962.