Robert S. P. Beekes

Robert S. P. Beekes
Born	Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (1937-09-02)2 September 1937 Haarlem, Netherlands
Died	21 September 2017(2017-09-21) (aged 80) Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Education	Ph.D., 1969
Known for	Contributions to Indo-European studies Reconstructing Pre-Greek phonology Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Etymological Dictionary of Greek
Scientific career
Fields	Indo-European linguistics
Institutions	Leiden University

Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (Dutch: [ˈbeːkəs]; 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017)^[1] was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University and an author of many monographs on the Proto-Indo-European language.