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Leiden University. Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; [8][9] Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. It was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 [10] by William, Prince of Orange as the first university in the Netherlands. During the Dutch Golden Age scholars from around Europe were ...
Leiden University Libraries is a library founded in 1575 in Leiden, ... Books that made History. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 22 June 2022 – 4 September 2022.
Hortus Botanicus (behind Observatory), ca. 1920-1940. In 1587 the young University of Leiden asked for permission from the mayor of Leiden to establish a hortus academicus behind the university building, for the benefit of the medical students. The request was granted in 1590, and the famous botanist Carolus Clusius (1526–1609) was appointed ...
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Henk Wesseling (6 August 1937 – 18 August 2018) was a Dutch historian. He was a professor of contemporary history at Leiden University, former rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study between 1995 and 2002.
Leiden Observatory. / 52.15486°N 4.48389°E / 52.15486; 4.48389. Leiden Observatory ( Dutch: Sterrewacht Leiden) is an astronomical institute of Leiden University, in the Netherlands. Established in 1633 to house the quadrant of Willebrord Snellius, it is the oldest operating university observatory in the world, with the only older ...
The Theatrum Anatomicum or Leiden anatomical theatre was an anatomical theatre and cabinet of curiosities of Leiden University that opened in Leiden in the Netherlands in 1594. [1] It was one of the first anatomical theatres in Europe. The theatre was started on the initiative of Pieter Pauw, then professor of anatomy at Leiden University.
Early life. Griffiths was born on 7 April 1948 in Isleworth, United Kingdom. [3] He studied economic history and Russian studies at University College, Swansea and graduated with first class honours in 1970. He was a postgraduate student at Jesus College, Cambridge. [citation needed] In 1977 he received his PhD from the University of Cambridge ...
List of rectores magnifici of Leiden University. Leiden University seal. This is a list of chancellors (rectores magnifici) of Leiden University, as from 1575. Three Nobel laureates are among these chancellors: Hendrik Lorentz, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Willem Einthoven.