Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern  | |
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Kern painted by Johannes Josseaud in Leiden  | |
| Born | 6 April 1833 | 
| Died | 4 July 1917 (aged 84) | 
| Occupation | Professor | 
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| Doctoral advisor | A. Rutgers | 
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics | 
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Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (6 April 1833 – 4 July 1917) was a Dutch linguist and orientalist. In the literature, he is usually referred to as H. Kern or Hendrik Kern; a few other scholars bear the same surname.