Klaas van Berkel

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Klaas van Berkel (born 24 July 1953) is a Dutch historian, historian of science, and professor of Modern History at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, known from his work on the history of science in the Netherlands, [1] particularly the work of Isaac Beeckman, [2] Simon Stevin [3] and Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis. [4]

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Life

Born in Nieuwer-Amstel, Van Berkel studied history and philosophy at the University of Groningen, and in 1983 he received his PhD at the University of Utrecht with a dissertation, entitled "Isaac Beeckman (1588-1637) en de mechanisering van het wereldbeeld" (Isaac Beeckman (1588-1637) and the mechanization of the world view).

Afterwards, he worked as a research assistant at the Open University and taught history of science at the Agricultural University at Wageningen. In 1988 he was appointed Professor of Modern History at the University of Groningen as a successor to Ernst Kossmann. From 1992 to 1999 he was director of the Rudolf Agricola Institute.

Since 1988 Van Berkel is also editor for several magazines and in various administrative positions and committees. In 1997 Klaas van Berkel was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). [5]

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References

  1. van der Wall, Ernestine GE. "Newtonianism and religion in the Netherlands." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 35.3 (2004): 493-514.
  2. Hakfoort, Casper. "The missing syntheses in the historiography of science." History of science 29.2 (1991): 207-16.
  3. Jacob, Margaret C. The first knowledge economy: human capital and the European economy, 1750–1850. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  4. McAllister, James W. "Philosophy of science in The Netherlands." International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 11.2 (1997): 191-204.
  5. "Klaas van Berkel" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2015.