Henk Wesseling

Wesseling in 2002

Henk Wesseling (6 August 1937 – 18 August 2018) was a Dutch historian. He was a professor emeritus of contemporary history at Leiden University. He was the rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study between 1995 and 2002. He was born in The Hague.

In 1988 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] In 1989 he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[2]

He died in Oegstgeest, Netherlands on 18 August 2018 from Parkinson's disease, aged 81.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Henk Wesseling". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Henk Wesseling". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Scriptiebegeleider Willem-Alexander overleden Archived 2018-08-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)