Klaas Worp

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Klaas Anthony Worp (born 23 August 1943) is a Dutch papyrologist. He was professor of papyrology at Leiden University between 2003 and 2008.

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Worp was born on 23 August 1943 in Arnhem. [1] He obtained his PhD in Amsterdam in 1972 with a thesis titled: "Einige Wiener Papyri". [1] Between 1972 and 2005 he was assistant and later associate professor of papyrology at the University of Amsterdam. [2] In 2003 he became professor of papyrology at Leiden University. [1] He succeeded Pieter Pestman  [ nl ]. [3] Worp retired in 2008. [2] Upon his retirement he was not succeeded. [3]

In 1992 he became involved in research on papyrus from the Dakhla Oasis. [4] Worp also performed research on the collection of Ramón Roca Puig, rediscovering several words of Ancient Greek. [5] In 2009 he published work with two others on the oldest text of the Netherlands, which dealth with a loan from Roman times. [6]

Worp was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. [7] In 2008 he received a Festschrift . [8]

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