Kees Versteegh

Cornelis Henricus Maria "Kees" Versteegh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkeːs fərˈsteːx];^[a] born 1947) is a Dutch academic linguist. He served as a professor of Islamic studies and the Arabic language at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands until April 2011.^[2][3][4]

Kees Versteegh
Born	Cornelis Henricus Maria Versteegh 1947 (age 77–78) Arnhem, Netherlands[1]
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Nijmegen
Academic work
Institutions	University of Nijmegen

Versteegh graduated from Radboud University in 1977, the subject of his doctoral dissertation having been the influence of Greek on Arabic. He was a lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies until 1987, when he took a position at the Netherlands Institute in Cairo for two years. Versteegh returned to Radboud in 1989, and in 2011 he became professor emeritus.^[1] Versteegh's research and views on the Arabic language and its evolution have been described as groundbreaking.^[5]

Notes

1. In isolation, Versteegh is pronounced [vərˈsteːx].