Born in Helmond, Netherlands, he entered the Jesuit religious order in 1948, received a doctorate in English from the University of Amsterdam and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1963.
He was born in Helmond, Netherlands. He entered the Jesuit religious order in 1948. He received a doctorate in English from the University of Amsterdam. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic. This Roman Catholic was priesthood in 1963.