Jan de Vries (1890–1964) was a Dutch linguist and scholar of Germanic languages and religion. A professor at Leiden University, he became widely known for seminal studies such as Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte and for lexicographical work including the Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek. During the Second World War he collaborated with the German occupation authorities; after the war he was convicted and imprisoned, and released in 1951. He continued scholarly writing and translations of Norse texts until his death in 1964.
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