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Source: Robert van Gulik: his life, his work by Janwillem van de Wetering
1910
Born in Zutphen, The Netherlands.
His father, Willem Jacobus van Gulik, is a physician in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.
1915
His first overseas journey, together with his mother and younger sister. WW I is on, but the Netherlands are neutral.
The ship sails to Java where he joins his father who traveled ahead for a second tour of service.
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1916-1922
Elementary school in Surabaya and Batavia (now Jakarta), Java. He is taught in Dutch but he picks up Malay and Javanese from the servants and in the street. He becomes involved in a lifelong affair with all things Chinese.
1923-1929
Back in The Netherlands (in Nymegen) he studies at a select High School, a 'Gymnasium,' where Latin and Greek are added to a program of modern languages, mathematics and science. His longing for the beautiful island of Java inspires literary work published in Rostra, the