Background
Delaware, Patrick was born on July 8, 1922 in Peking, China. Son of Th. H. J. de Josselin de Jong and E. C. (nee Persse-Sealy) de Josselin de Jong.
professor of cultural anthropology
Delaware, Patrick was born on July 8, 1922 in Peking, China. Son of Th. H. J. de Josselin de Jong and E. C. (nee Persse-Sealy) de Josselin de Jong.
Leids Stedelyk Gymnasium, Leiden University.
Lecturer in Malay Studies, University of Malaya, Singapore 1953-1957. Professor, of Cultural Anthropology (special reference to South.-East. Asia), Leiden University 1957-1987, Professor Emeritus since 1987. Knight, Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw.
Honorary Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Married Emilie A. M. Olivier.