Reijer Hooykaas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Reijer Hooykaas

Dutch historian

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1906

Place of Birth: Schoonhoven, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1994

Profession: physicist, historian, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Reijer Hooykaas

  • Reijer Hooykaas (1 August 1906 in Schoonhoven – 4 January 1994 in Zeist) was a Dutch historian of science.
  • He along with Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis were pioneers in professionalizing the history of science in the Netherlands.
  • Hooykaas gave the prestigious Gifford Lectures at St.
  • Andrews in 1975-77.
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  • Floris Cohen dedicated his historiographical text The Scientific Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 1994) to Hooykaas; its section on religion deals primarily with Hooykaas.

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