Martin Theodoor Houtsma

Dutch orientalist (1851-1943).

Born January 15th, 1851 in Utrecht, Jirnsum. [ref]

Died February 9th, 1943 at 92 years old in Utrecht. [ref]

Occupations
Arabist, Islamicist, university teacher

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson