Background
Bakker, Willem Frederik was born on July 20, 1934 in De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bakker, Willem Frederik was born on July 20, 1934 in De Bilt, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Master of Arts in Classics, University Utrecht, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Utrecht, 1966. Master of Arts in Modern Greek, University Thessaloniki, Greece, 1963.
Assistant professor modern Greek, University Utrecht, 1966-1972. Professor medieval and modern Greek, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1972, director Byzantine-New Greek seminar, since 1972.