Peter van Kessel (historian)

Petrus Josephus "Peter" van Kessel (born 25 December 1933)[1] is a Dutch historian. He spent his career at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, ultimately becoming vice director.

Van Kessel was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies.[1] He obtained a degree from the Radboud University Nijmegen in 1961. Van Kessel became an intern at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome in 1962. He obtained his PhD in 1963 with a thesis titled: "Duitse studenten in Padua rond 1600 en de controverse Rome-Venetië".[2][3] Shortly afterwards he was appointed as secretary of the institute.[4] Van Kessel would work at the institute until 1994, ultimately becoming vice director.[2][5]

He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b D. J. van de Kaa; Kaa; Y. de Roo (19 December 2008). De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. Amsterdam University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-90-6984-552-4.
  2. ^ a b Hans Cools; J. P. de Valk; Maria Charlotte Le Bailly (2004). Institutum Neerlandicum, MCMIV-MMIV: honderd jaar Nederlands Instituut te Rome. Uitgeverij Verloren. pp. 103–. ISBN 90-6550-824-4.
  3. ^ van Kessel, P.J. (2006). Geschiedenis en geschiedschrijving in Italië. Reflecties van een correspondent terug in Nederland. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. p. 5. ISBN 90-6984-487-7.
  4. ^ Peter J van Kessel (1989). Geschiedenis van het Nederlands Instituut te Rome, 1905-1965. Uitgeverij Van Gorcum. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-90-232-2487-7.
  5. ^ a b "Peter van Kessel". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.


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