Frans H. van Eemeren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Frans H. van Eemeren

Dutch academic

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1946

Place of Birth: Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands

Profession: university teacher, philosopher, Dutch language specialist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Frans Hendrik van Eemeren (born 7 April 1946, Helmond) is a Dutch scholar, professor in the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric at the University of Amsterdam.
He is noted for his Pragma-dialectics theory, an argumentation theory which he developed with Rob Grootendorst from the early 1980s onwards.
He has published numerous books and papers, including Strategic Maneuvering in Argumentative Discourse.