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Reijer Hooykaas
Reijer Hooykaas (1 August 1906 in Schoonhoven – 4 January 1994 in Zeist) was a Dutch historian of science. He along with Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis were pioneers in professionalizing the history of science in the Netherlands. Hooykaas gave the prestigious Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews in 1975-77. H. Floris Cohen dedicated his historiographical text ''The Scientific Revolution'' (University of Chicago Press, 1994) to Hooykaas; its section on religion deals primarily with Hooykaas. Life He was born into a Calvinist family of silversmiths. Hooykaas studied chemistry and physics at the University of Utrecht graduating in 1933. While teaching high school chemistry and working on his Ph.D., he published articles on the history of science and religion, which brought his abilities to the attention of other scholars. Malcolm Oster (The Open University), Sep. 1999, ''The British Journal for the History of Science'', Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 366–368 In 1946 he became the first to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schoonhoven
Schoonhoven () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, before it had been an independent municipality. The former municipality had a population of in , and covered an area of of which water. From 2010 to 2014, it was the smallest municipality in the Netherlands in land area, following the merger of Rozenburg into Rotterdam. The first winner of the Dutch version of Pop Idol, Jamai Loman, is from this town. Also Jan-Arie van der Heijden, football player for Feyenoord, lives in Schoonhoven. History Circa 1220 a castle was built on the north side of a small stream called "Zevender", near its mouth at the Lek River. The city of Schoonhoven was then formed near the castle. The oldest reference to the city is in a document from 1247, where it is referred to as ''Sconhoven''. In 1280, it was granted city rights. Around 1350, city walls and gates were constructe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
