Nicolaus Adriani

Nicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865, Oud-Loosdrecht – 5 August 1926, Poso, Central Sulawesi)[1] was a Christian linguist from the Netherlands who did work in Indonesia.

He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.

[2] He was sent by the Netherlands Bible Society.

[3] He worked as a linguist in Poso, Central Sulawesi.

[3] In 1897 Adriani became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1918 he joined as a member.