Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck

Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck (18 October 1866 – 12 August 1951) was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist with a wide variety of research interests. His published work included books and articles on Germanic and Balto-Slavic languages, Sanskrit, Basque, and the Blackfoot language of North American Indians. He served as a lecturer at Leiden University.

Biography Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck was born in Voorburg, Netherlands, on 18 October 1866, the son of an ethnic German couple, Julie and Peter Frederik Uhlenbeck, a Dutch naval officer. Following Peter's retirement from the navy in 1861, the family moved to Voorburg where Peter was the . Shortly after Christianus's birth, the family moved to Haarlem. The last name was originally , signifying the family's previous ownership of property near Velbert in modern-day Germany some generations back. On 23 July 1891, Uhlenbeck married Wilhelmina Maria , who later was his partner in his anthropological work.

In 1904 Uhlenbeck became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In the summer of 1911, Uhlenbeck visited the Blackfoot Indian reservation in Montana to conduct field work. He was accompanied by his wife, whose diary was later incorporated into their book about this expedition.

Selected works Uhlenbeck, C. C. A Concise Blackfoot Grammar Based on Material from the Southern Peigans, New York: AMS, 1978. (Originally published 1938 by Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, in series Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afdeeling Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, Deel XLI) OCLC: 3097417 Uhlenbeck, C. C. An English–Blackfoot Vocabulary, New York: AMS, 1979. (Originally published 1930 in series: Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, Afd. Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks, Deel 29, No. 4) Uhlenbeck, C. C. and R. H. van Gulik. A Blackfoot-English Vocabulary Based on Material from the Southern Peigans, Amsterdam: Uitgave van de N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Jaatschapp-ij, 1934. (Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie Van WetenSchappen te Amsterdam. Afdeeling Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks, Deel XXXIII, No. 2)