Arie Abraham Kampman

Arie Abraham (Ary) Kampman (6 July 1911 in Dordrecht – 23 September 1977 in Bemelen) was a Dutch scholar of Ancient Near Eastern studies, an initiator of scholarly societies and journals, and a secondary school teacher.

Kampman obtained his Dutch PhD degree with professor Frans de Liagre Böhl on the 1945 thesis De historische beteekenis der Hethietische vestingbouwkunde (translated title: The historical significance of Hittite fortification).

In 1939 he was a founder of the Nederlands Archaeologisch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (translation: Dutch Archeological Institute for the Near East), the predecessor of the present The Netherlands Institute for the Near East.

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