Nicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865, Oud-Loosdrecht – 5 August 1926, Poso, Central Sulawesi)[1] was a Christian missionary from the Netherlands who did work in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.[2] He was sent by the Netherlands Bible Society.[3] He worked as a linguist in Poso, Central Sulawesi.[3]
In 1897 Adriani became correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1918 he joined as member.[4]
