Biography

These pages offer biographical information relevant to the history of science in the Netherlands.

We currently offer biographical information from the following resources:

• KNAW Past Members: information on past members of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (1851/55-present) and its predecessor, the Royal Institute (1808-1851).
• KNAW Officials since 1855.
• Biographies from “A History of Science in The Netherlands” (Brill): an encyclopedic survey of the historiy of the sciences in The Netherlands published in 1999, by Klaas van Berkel, Albert van Helden and Lodewijk Palm
• The Biographical Dictionary of Dutch Mathematicians (BWNW), edited by Gerard Alberts, Alex van den Brandhof, Gertjan Klijn and Teun Koetsier.
• Biography and bibliography of Dutch humanists, edited by Jan Bloemendal and Chris Heesakkers.
• Clusius Online: an online presentation of the correspondence and network of the famous sixteenth century naturalist Carolus Clusius.
• Christiaan Huygensweb: contains a lot of information on what is probably the most famous Dutch scholar.
• Biographical databases: overview of online biographical databases.