List of rectors at Utrecht University
This is a list of the rectors of the University of Utrecht . It is a cultural-historical compilation of the international history of higher education and the history of different historical epochs of higher education in the Netherlands. After the departure of the founding rector, the rectorate was changed annually, as at other European universities. This change seems to have persisted into the 1970s, although a longer term of office was carried out here during the Second World War.
As at other European universities, the university's rector was elected. He had to take an oath according to the university statutes and then carried the title of rector magnificence . The rector's duties always related to the maintenance measures of the university. Thus, he always worked on the organizational decision-making processes of the same. In addition, the election of a rector of the university was always recognition of his work in the relevant faculties and in the public reflection of the university.
17th century
1635-1661
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1635/41 | Bernardus Schotanus | jurist | |
1641/42 | Gisbert Voetius | Theologian (revise) | |
1642/43 | Anton Matthäus (1601–1654) | jurist | |
1643/44 | Wilhelm van der Straten | Mediciners | |
1644/45 | Antonius Aemilius | Historian and philosopher | |
1645/46 | Arnoldus Senguerdius | Metaphysician and philosopher | |
1646/47 | Hendrick Moreelse | jurist | |
1647/48 | Carolus de Maets | theologian | |
1648/49 | Daniel Berckringer | rhetorician | |
1649/50 | Henricus Regius | Mediciners | |
1650/51 | Johannes Hoornbeek | theologian | |
1651/52 | Cyprianus Regnerus van Oosterga | jurist | |
1652/53 | Paulus Voet | Logician and metaphysician | |
1653/55 | Anton Matthew II. | jurist | |
1655/56 | Isbrand van Diemerbroeck | Mediciners | |
1656/58 | Andreas Essenius | theologian | |
1658/59 | Cyprianus Regnerus van Oosterga | jurist | |
1659/60 | Antonius Aemilius | Historian and philosopher | |
1660/61 | Gisbert Voetius | theologian |
1661-1681
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1661/62 | Johann Leusden | Philologist (revise) | |
1662/63 | Henricus Regius | Mediciners | |
1663/64 | John de Bruin | Physicist and mathematician | |
1664/65 | Frans Burman (theologian, 1628) | theologian | |
1665/66 | Regnerus van Mansveld | philosopher | |
1666/67 | Anton Matthäus | jurist | |
1667/68 | Johann Georg Graevius | philologist | |
1668/69 | Isbrand van Diemerbroeck | Mediciners | |
1669/70 | Cyprianus Regnerus van Oosterga | jurist | |
1670/71 | Frans Burman (theologian, 1628) | theologian | |
1671/72 | Gisbert Voetius | Theologian (revise) | |
1672/74 | John de Bruin | Physicist and mathematician | |
1674/75 | Andreas Essenius | theologian | |
1675/76 | Gisbert Voetius | Theologian (revise) | |
1676/77 | Johann Leusden | Philologist (revise) | |
1677/78 | Cyprianus Regnerus van Oosterga | jurist | |
1678/79 | Gerardus de Vries | Logician and metaphysician | |
1679/80 1680 |
Johannes Voet Vice Rector Gerardus de Vries |
Lawyer, logician and metaphysician |
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1680/81 | Johann Georg Graevius | philologist |
1681-1701
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1681/82 | Lucas van de Poll | jurist | |
1682/83 | Petrus van Mastricht | theologian | |
1683/84 | Jacob Vallan | Mediciners | |
1684/85 | Melchior Leydecker | theologian | |
1685/86 | Johannes Munnicks | Mediciners | |
1686/87 | Hermann Witsius | theologian | |
1687/88 | Johannes van Muyden | jurist | |
1688/89 | Johannes Luyts | Physicist and mathematician | |
1689/90 | Hermannus van Halen | theologian | |
1690/91 | Johann Georg Graevius | Rhetorician and historian | |
1691/92 | Jacob Vallan | Mediciners | |
1692/93 | Gerardus de Vries | Logician and metaphysician | |
1693/94 | Johannes Leusden | Philologist (revise) | |
1694/95 | Johannes Munnicks | Medicines and botanists | |
1695/96 | Cornelis van Eck | jurist | |
1696/97 | Lucas van de Poll | jurist | |
1697/98 | Hermann Witsius | theologian | |
1698/99 | Jacob Vallan | Mediciners | |
1699/1700 | Hermannus van Halen | theologian | |
1700/01 | Johann Georg Graevius | philologist |
18th century
1701-1721
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1701/02 | Johannes van Muyden | jurist | |
1702/03 | Henricus Pontanus | theologian | |
1703/04 | Pieter Burman the Elder | Historian and rhetorician | |
1704/05 | Cornelis van Eck | jurist | |
1705/06 | Lucas van de Poll | jurist | |
1706/07 | Hermann Alexander Roëll | theologian | |
1707/08 | Rudolphus Leusden | Mediciners | |
1708/09 | Adrianus Reland | Orientalist | |
1709/10 | Jacob Vallan | Mediciners | |
1710/11 | Johannes Munnicks | Mediciners | |
1711/12 | Pieter Burman the Elder | Historian, rhetorician and political scientist | |
1712/13 | Josephus Serrurier | mathematician | |
1713/14 | Johannes van Muyden | jurist | |
1714/15 | Johannes Jacobus Vitriarius | jurist | |
1715/16 | Melchior Leydecker | theologian | |
1716/17 | Cornelis van Eck | jurist | |
1717/18 | Hieronymus Simons van Alphen | theologian | |
1718/19 | Frans Burman | theologian | |
1719/20 | Johannes van Muyden | jurist | |
1720/21 | Rudolphus Leusden | Mediciners |
1721-1741
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1721/22 | Josephus Serrurier | Medicines and botanists | |
1722/23 | Arnold Drakenborch | philologist | |
1723/24 | Karl Andreas Duker | Historian and rhetorician | |
1724/25 | Everard Otto | jurist | |
1725/26 | David Mill | Orientalist | |
1726/27 | Friedrich Adolf Lampe | theologian | |
1727/28 | Johannes Ens | theologian | |
1728/29 | Christian Bernhard Albinus | Mediciners | |
1729/30 | Pieter van Musschenbroeck | Mediciners | |
1730/31 | Jacobus Odé | philosopher | |
1731/32 | Johann van den Honert | theologian | |
1732/33 | Johannes Oosterdijk shaft | Mediciners | |
1733/34 | Hieronymus Simons van Alphen | theologian | |
1734/35 | Jacobus Voorda | jurist | |
1735/36 | Arnold Drakenborch | philologist | |
1736/37 | Petrus Wesseling | Rhetorician, historian and philologist | |
1737/38 | Albert Voget | theologian | |
1738/39 | Willem van Irhoven | theologian | |
1739/40 | Josephus Serrurier | Medicines and botanists | |
1740/41 | Abraham Wieling | jurist |
1741-1761
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1741/42 | Christian Bernhard Albinus | Mediciners | |
1742/43 | David Mill | Theologian and orientalist | |
1743/44 | Jacobus Odé | Theologian, physicist, mathematician and astronomer | |
1744/45 | Johannes Horthemels | Philosopher and theologian | |
1745/46 | Gisbert Matthias Elsner | theologian | |
1746/47 | Frans Burman (theologian, 1708) | Theologian and church historian | |
1747/48 | Evert Jacob van Wachendorff | Medic, botanist and chemist | |
1748/49 | Friedrich Gottfried Houck | jurist | |
1749/50 | Petrus Wesseling | jurist | |
1750/51 | Johann Friedrich Reitz | Historian and rhetorician | |
1751/52 | Jacob Gijsbert Woertman | Mediciners | |
1752/53 | Johannes Oosterdijk shaft | Mediciners | |
1753/54 | Sebald Rau | Orientalist | |
1754/55 | Jacobus Voorda | jurist | |
1755/56 | Johann David Hahn | Physicist, astronomer and philosopher | |
1756/57 | Albert Voget | theologian | |
1757/58 | Christiaan Hendrik Pots | jurist | |
1758/59 | Johann Castillon | Physicist, mathematician and astronomer | |
1759/60 | Willem van Irhoven | theologian | |
1760/61 | Christoph Saxe | historian |
1761-1781
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1761/62 | Gisbert Matthias Elsner | theologian | |
1762/63 | Pieter Luchtmans | Mediciners | |
1763/64 | Johann Gerhard Christian Rücker | jurist | |
1764/65 | Gisbert Bonnet | theologian | |
1765/66 | Johannes Horthemels | philosopher | |
1766/67 | Frans Burman (theologian, 1708) | theologian | |
1767/68 | Johann Friedrich Reitz | Historian and rhetorician | |
1768/69 | Johann Friedrich Hennert | Mathematician and astronomer | |
1769/70 | Sebald Rau | Orientalist and theologian | |
1770/71 | Meinard Tydeman the Elder | jurist | |
1771/72 | Carolus Segaar | Classical philologist | |
1772/73 | Johann David Hahn | Medicines, botanists, chemists and physicists | |
1773/74 | Johannes Henricus Voorda | jurist | |
1774/75 | Jacob Albert Vos | theologian | |
1775/76 | Christoph Saxe | historian | |
1776/77 | Peter Bondam | jurist | |
1777/78 | Pieter Luchtmans | Mediciners | |
1778/79 | Johannes Theodorus Rossijn | philosopher | |
1779/80 | Gisbert Bonnet | theologian | |
1780/81 | Alexander Petrus Nahuys | Medic, botanist and chemist |
1781-1801
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1781/82 | Johann Friedrich Hennert | Mathematician and astronomer | |
1782/83 | Frans Burman (theologian, 1708) | theologian | |
1783/84 | Meinard Tydeman the Elder | jurist | |
1784/85 | Carolus Segaar | philologist | |
1785/86 | IJsbrand van Hamelsveld | Theologian and church historian | |
1786/87 | Sebald Rau | Theologian and orientalist | |
1787/88 | Christoph Saxe | historian | |
1788/89 | Peter Bondam | jurist | |
1789/90 | William Laurence Brown | Theologian and moral philosopher | |
1790/91 | Pieter Luchtmans | Mediciners | |
1791/92 | Hermann Royaards | theologian | |
1792/93 | Gisbert Bonnet | theologian | |
1793/94 | Henricus Johannes Arntzenius | jurist | |
1794/95 | Johann Friedrich Hennert | Mathematician and astronomer | |
1795/96 | Matthias Steevens van Geuns | Medicines and botanists | |
1796/97 | Johannes Theodorus Rossijn | philosopher | |
1797/98 | Christoph Saxe | historian | |
1798/99 | Jodocus Heringa Eliza's zoon | theologian | |
1799-1800 | Jan Bleuland | Mediciners | |
1800/01 | Nicolaas Cornelis de Fremery | Physician, pharmacologist, zoologist and chemist |
19th century
1801-1821
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1801/02 | Cornelis Willem de Rhoer | jurist | |
1802/03 | Hermann Royaards | theologian | |
1803/04 | Hermann Arntzenius | jurist | |
1804/05 | Sebald Rau | Theologian and orientalist | |
1805/06 | Matthias Steevens van Geuns | Medicines and botanists | |
1806/07 | Philipp Wilhelm van Heusde | Philosopher, historian and philologist | |
1807/08 | Johannes Theodorus Rossijn | philosopher | |
1808/09 | Dithmar Huisman | Theologian and church historian | |
1809/10 | Gabriel van Oordt | theologian | |
1810/11 | Jan Frederik van Beeck Calkoen | Mathematician and astronomer | |
1811/16 | Jodocus Heringa Eliza's zoon | theologian | |
1816/17 | Jan Bleuland | Mediciners | |
1817/18 | Philipp Wilhelm van Heusde | Philosopher, philologist and historian | |
1818/19 | Gerrit Moll | Mathematician, physicist and astronomer | |
1819/20 | Hermann Royaards | theologian | |
1820/21 | Hermann Arntzenius | jurist |
1821-1841
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1821/22 | Nicolaas Cornelis de Fremery | Physician, pharmacologist, zoologist and chemist | |
1822/23 | Jean Henri Pareau | Theologian and orientalist | |
1823/24 | Johannes Friedrich Ludwig Schröder | mathematician | |
1824/25 | Jodocus Heringa Eliza's zoon | theologian | |
1825/26 | Jan Richard de Brueys | jurist | |
1826/27 | Bernardus Franciscus Suerman | Mediciners | |
1827/28 | Antonie van Goudoever | philologist | |
1828/29 | Jan Kops | Agronomist | |
1829/30 | Hermannus Bouman | Theologian and orientalist | |
1830/31 | Cornelis Adrianus van Enschut | jurist | |
1831/32 | Jan Isaac Wolterbeek | Mediciners | |
1832/33 | Adam Simons | Literary scholar | |
1833/34 | Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude | zoologist | |
1834/35 | Herman Johan Royaards | Theologian and church historian | |
1835/36 | Adrianus Catharinus Holtius | jurist | |
1836/37 | Jacobus Ludovicus Conradus Schroeder van der Kolk | Mediciners | |
1837/38 | Lodewijk Gerard Visscher | Literary scholar | |
1838/39 | Richard van Rees | Mathematician and physicist | |
1839/40 | Henricus Egbertus Vinke | theologian | |
1840/41 | Jan Ackersdijck | jurist |
1841-1861
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1841/42 | Jacobus Cornelis Swijghuijsen Groenewoud | Theologian and orientalist | |
1842/43 | Gozewijn Jan Loncq | Mediciners | |
1843/44 | Cornelis Adriaan Bergsma | Chemist, botanist and agronomist | |
1844/45 | Hermannus Bouman | Theologian and orientalist | |
1845/46 | George Willem Vreede | jurist | |
1846/47 | Simon Karsten | philologist | |
1847/48 | Bernardus Franciscus Suerman | Mediciners | |
1848/49 | Petrus Johannes Izaak de Fremery | Chemist | |
1849/50 | Herman Johan Royaards | Theologian and church historian | |
1850/51 | Barthold Jacob Lintelo de Geer van Jutphaas | Lawyer, historian and orientalist | |
1851/52 | Cornelis Willem Opzoomer | Literary scholar | |
1852/53 | Franciscus Cornelis Donders | physiologist | |
1853/54 | Gerardus Johannes Mulder | pharmacologist | |
1854/55 | Henricus Egbertus Vinke | theologian | |
1855/56 | Jacob van Hall | jurist | |
1856/57 | Lodewijk Gerard Visscher | Literary scholar | |
1857/58 | Louis Christiaan van Goudoever | Mediciners | |
1858/59 | Pieter Harting | Physician, biologist and pharmacologist | |
1859/60 | Bernard ter Haar | Theologian and church historian | |
1860/61 | George Willem Vreede | jurist |
1861-1881
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1861/62 | Jacques Adolphe Charles Rovers | Classical philologist and historian | |
1862/63 | Gozewijn Jan Loncq | Mediciners | |
1863/64 | Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys Ballot | Physicist and metrologist | |
1864/65 | Jacobus Isaac Doedes | theologian | |
1865/66 | Jacobus Anthonie Fruin | jurist | |
1866/67 | Henricus Christianus Millies | Theologian and orientalist | |
1867/68 | Willem Koster | Mediciners | |
1868/69 | Johannes Jacobus van Oosterzee | theologian | |
1869/70 | Barthold Jacob Lintelo de Geer van Jutphaas | Lawyer, historian and orientalist | |
1870/71 | Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel | botanist | |
1871/72 | Willem Gerard Brill | Dutchist, Romanist and historian | |
1872/73 | Tjalling Halbertsma | gynecologist | |
1873/74 | Jacobus Isaac Doedes | theologian | |
1874/75 | Hendrik Peter Godfried Quack | economist | |
1875/76 | Cornelis Hubertus Carolus Grinwis | Mathematician and physicist | |
1876/77 | Henrik van Herhaben | philologist | |
1877 | Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann | Physiologist, biologist and zoologist | |
1877/78 | Nicolaas Beets | Theologian and church historian | |
1878/79 | Jacobus Anthonie Fruin | jurist | |
1879/80 | Eduard Mulder | Chemist | |
1880/81 | Pieter de Jong | Orientalist |
1881-1901
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1881/82 | Sape Talma | Mediciners | |
1882/83 | Josue Jean Philippe Valeton | Theologian and orientalist | |
1883/84 | Hendrik Jacobus Hamaker | jurist | |
1884/85 | Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter Rauwenhoff | biologist | |
1885/86 | Johan Adam Wijnne | historian | |
1886/87 | Gilles van Overbeek de Meijer | Mediciners | |
1887/88 | Gijsbert Hendrik Lamers | theologian | |
1888/89 | Johan d'Aulnis de Bourouill | economist | |
1889/90 | Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans | astronomer | |
1890/91 | Johan Hendrik Gallée | Germanist, Anglist and Dutchist | |
1891/92 | Herman Snellen | Ophthalmologist | |
1892/93 | Jacob Cramer | Theologian and church historian | |
1893/94 | Meinardus Siderius Pols | jurist | |
1894/95 | Hendrik Cornelis Dibbits | Chemist | |
1895 |
Henri Ernest Moltzer Vice Rector Meinardus Siderius Pols |
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1895/96 | Martinus Theodorus Houtsma | from December, orientalist | |
1896/97 | Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing | Mediciners | |
1897/98 | Josue Jean Philippe Valeton | Theologian and orientalist | |
1898/99 | Jan de Louter | jurist | |
1899/1900 | Hendrik Wefers Bettink | pharmacologist | |
1900/01 | Willem Kapteyn | mathematician |
20th century
1901-1921
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1901/02 | Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht | zoologist | |
1902/03 | Willem Leonard Pieter Arnold Molengraaff | jurist | |
1903/04 | Charles Henri Hubert Spronck | Mediciners | |
1904/05 | Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon | theologian | |
1905/06 | Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went | botanist | |
1906/07 | Sietze Douwes van Veen | Church historian | |
1907/08 | Willem Henri Julius | physicist | |
1908/09 | Jan de Vries | mathematician | |
1909/10 | Hendrik Zwaardemaker | physiologist | |
1910/11 | David Simons | jurist | |
1911/12 | Albertus Antonie Nijland | astronomer | |
1912/13 | Christiaan Eijkman | Mediciners | |
1913/14 | Benjamin Jan Kouwer | gynecologist | |
1914/15 | Herman Snellen the Younger | Ophthalmologist | |
1915/16 | Ernst Julius Cohen | Chemist | |
1916/17 | Pieter Helbert Damsté | Classical philologist | |
1917/18 | Pieter van Romburgh | Chemist | |
1918/19 | Gerhard Wilhelm Kernkamp | historian | |
1919/20 | Hugo Visscher | Theologian and church historian | |
1920/21 | Willem Vogelsang | Art historian |
1921-1941
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1921/22 | Jacobus Adrianus Cornelis van Leeuwen | theologian | |
1922/23 | Jan Frederik Niermeijer | Web link | |
1923 | Jean Charles Naber | Legal historian | |
1923/24 | Arnoldus Johannes Petrus van den Broek | Web link | |
1924/25 | Hugo Frederik Nierstrasz | Web link | |
1925/26 | Johannes Philippus Suijling | Web link | |
1926/27 | Aria Noordtzij | Web link | |
1927/28 | Bernard Jan Hendrik Ovink | Web link | |
1928/29 | Herman Theodorus Obbink | Web link | |
1929/30 | August Adriaan Pulle | ||
1930/31 | Bonifacius Christiaan de Savornin Lohman | Web link , web link with picture | |
1931/32 | Leonard Ornstein | Physicist, web link | |
1932/33 | Cornelis Gerrit Nicolaas de Vooys | ||
1933/34 | Cornelis Willem Star Busmann | Web link | |
1934/35 | Hendrik Bolkestein | ||
1935/36 | Carl Wilhelm Vollgraff | Web link | |
1936/37 | Wilhelm Eduard Ringer | Web link with picture | |
1937/38 | Jan Boeke | Web link | |
1938/39 | Theodoor Marius van Leeuwen | ||
1939/40 | Franciscus Hubertus Quix | Web link with picture | |
1940/41 | Hugo Rudolph Kruyt | Chemist |
1941-1961
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1941/45 | Louis van Vuuren | Web link 1 , web link 2 | |
1945/46 | Jan Boeke | Web link with picture | |
1946/47 | Willem Pompe | ||
1947/48 | Ulbe Gerrit Bijlsma | Web link | |
1948/49 | Hendrik Wagenvoort | Web link | |
1949/50 | Henricus Jacobus Marie Weve | Web link | |
1950/51 | Jan Hendrik Willem Verzijl | ||
1951/52 | Johannes Severijn | Web link with picture | |
1952/53 | Victor Jacob Koningsberger | Web link with picture | |
1953/54 | Henricus Cornelius Rümke | Web link with picture | |
1954/55 | Henri Willem Julius | Web link with picture | |
1955/56 | Christiaan Pieter Raven | Web link , web link 2 | |
1956/57 | Hendrik Willem Obbink | Weblink Weblink with picture , weblink | |
1957/58 | Laurens Seekles | Web link , web link with picture | |
1958/59 | Jacob Jongbloed | Web link with picture | |
1959/60 | Johannes Franciscus Nuboer | Web link with picture | |
1960/61 | Henri Théodore Fischer |
1961-2001
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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1961/62 | Hendrik Gerrit Koob Westenbrink | Web link with picture | |
1962/63 | Willem Cornelis van Unnik | ||
1963/64 | Hans Freudenthal | ||
1964/65 | Louis Jacob Hijmans van den Bergh | ||
1965/66 | Hendrik Mari Johan Scheffer | ||
1966/67 | Alexander Reinard Hulst | ||
1967/68 | Adriaan de Vooys | ||
1968/69 | Joseph Lanjouw | Web link | |
1969/70 | Josephus Joannes Maria van der Ven | jurist | |
1970/71 | Frederik van der Blij | ||
1971/76 | Sjoerd Groenman | ||
1976/80 | Abraham Verhoeff | Web link | |
1980/82 | Maarten Anne Bouman | ||
1982/86 | Otto Jan de Jong | ||
1986/97 | Hans van Ginkel | ||
1997/2001 | Harm Otto Voorma |
21st century
Term of office | Surname | image | comment |
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2001/07 | Willem Hendrik Gispen | (Neuroscientist), web link 1 , web link 2 | |
2007/11 | Hans Stoof | Web link | |
2011/18 | Bert van der Zwaan | Web link | |
2018 / | Henk Kummeling |
literature
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- Album promotorum qui inde an anno MDCXXXVI usque ad annum MDCCCXV in Academia Rheno-Trajectina gradum doctoratus adepti sunt, Societas cui nomen “Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschnappen”. Broekhoff publishing house, Utrecht, MCMXXXVI ( online )
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- Communications, Leen Dorsman, Professor of University History at the University of Utrecht, July 1st, 2011.