Robert Jan van Pelt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Jan van Pelt

Dutch historian

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1955

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Profession: historian, university teacher, art historian, architectural historian

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Robert Jan van Pelt (born 15 August 1955) is a Dutch author, architectural historian, professor at the University of Waterloo and a Holocaust scholar.
One of the world's leading experts on Auschwitz, he regularly speaks on Holocaust related topics, through which he has come to address Holocaust denial.
He was an expert witness in Deborah Lipstadt's successful defence in the civil libel suit brought against her by David Irving.