Name Antoon Postma | ||
 | ||
Born 28 March 1929 (age 87) Died 22 October 2016 (aged 87) Nationality Dutch Books Mangyan treasures, Annotated Mangyan Bibliography (1570-1988): With Index Similar Tjalling Halbertsma, Jeremy Boissevain, Martin van Bruinessen | ||
Antoon postma
Antoon Postma (28 March 1929 – 22 October 2016) was a Dutch anthropologist who married into and lived among the Hanunuo, a Mangyan sub-tribe in southeastern Mindoro, Philippines. He is best known for being the first to decipher the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, and for documenting the Hanunó'o script, paving the way for its preservation.
References
Antoon Postma Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA