University of Utrecht

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University of Utrecht

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founding Date:
1636

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Nicolaas Bloembergen Physicist 11-Mar-1920 Nonlinear optics

Thomas François Burgers Head of State 15-Apr-1834 9-Dec-1881 President of Transvaal Republic

Willem Einthoven Scientist 21-May-1860 28-Sep-1927 Invented the electrocardiograph

Jacobus H. van 't Hoff Chemist 30-Aug-1852 1-Mar-1911 Studied reaction rates, osmotic pressures

Gerardus 't Hooft Physicist 5-Jul-1946 Quantum physicist

Jacobus C. Kapteyn Astronomer 19-Jan-1851 18-Jan-1922 Star streaming

Tjalling C. Koopmans Economist 28-Aug-1910 26-Feb-1985 Linear programming

Marcel Minnaert Astronomer 12-Feb-1893 26-Oct-1970 Solar spectrophotometry

Perizonius Scholar 26-Oct-1651 6-Apr-1715 Animadversiones Historicae

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Physicist 27-Mar-1845 10-Feb-1923 Discovered X-Rays

Edward Tatum Scientist 14-Dec-1909 7-Nov-1975 One gene, one enzyme theory

Martinus J.G. Veltman Physicist 27-Jun-1931 Quantum physicist

Ben Verwaayen Business 11-Feb-1952 CEO of BT Group

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Paul J. Crutzen Chemist 3-Dec-1933 Ozone depletion

Peter Debye Chemist 24-Mar-1884 2-Nov-1966 Studied molecular structure, dipoles

Christiaan Eijkman Scientist 11-Aug-1858 5-Nov-1930 Research led to discovery of vitamins

Gerardus 't Hooft Physicist 5-Jul-1946 Quantum physicist

Hendrik Kramers Physicist 17-Feb-1894 24-Apr-1952 Kramers dispersion theory

Marcel Minnaert Astronomer 12-Feb-1893 26-Oct-1970 Solar spectrophotometry

Leopold Ruzicka Chemist 13-Sep-1887 26-Sep-1976 Studied terpenes

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Marcel Minnaert Astronomer 12-Feb-1893 26-Oct-1970 Solar spectrophotometry

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