List of rectores magnifici of Leiden University
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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.
16th century[]
1575–1600[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1575–1576 | ![]() |
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1576–1577 | |||
1577–1578 | ![]() |
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1578–1579 | ![]() |
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1579–1580 | Justus Lipsius | ![]() |
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1580–1581 | Justus Lipsius | ![]() |
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1581–1582 | |||
1582–1583 | |||
1583–1584 | Johannes Heurnius | ![]() |
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1584–1585 | Johannes Heurnius | ![]() |
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1585–1586 | Adrianus Saravia | ||
1586–1587 | Adrianus Saravia | ||
1587–1588 | Justus Lipsius | ![]() |
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1588–1589 | Justus Lipsius | ![]() |
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1589–1590 | ![]() |
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1590–1591 | ![]() |
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1591–1592 | Also: Thomas Zoesius or Thomas van Soest | ||
1592–1593 | Johannes Heurnius | ![]() |
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1593–1594 | Johannes Heurnius | ![]() |
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1594–1595 | |||
1595–1596 | |||
1596–1597 | |||
1597–1598 | Franciscus Gomarus | ![]() |
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1598–1599 | Franciscus Gomarus | ![]() |
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1599 | |||
1599–1600 | Johannes Heurnius | ![]() |
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1600–1601 | Johannes Heurnius | ![]() |
17th century[]
1601–1620[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1601–1602 | Pieter Pauw | ![]() |
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1602–1603 | Paulus Merula | ![]() |
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1603–1604 | |||
1604–1605 | ![]() |
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1605–1606 | Jacobus Arminius | ![]() |
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1606–1607 | Pieter Pauw | ![]() |
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1607–1608 | Rudolph Snellius | ![]() |
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1608–1609 | |||
1609–1610 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ![]() |
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1610–1611 | Rudolph Snellius | ![]() |
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1611–1612 | Rudolph Snellius | ![]() |
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1612–1613 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ![]() |
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1613–1614 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1614–1615 | Pieter Pauw | ![]() |
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1615–1616 | ![]() |
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1616–1617 | Willem van der Codde | ![]() |
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1617–1618 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1618–1619 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1619–1620 | ![]() |
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1620–1621 | ![]() |
1621–1640[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1621–1622 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ![]() |
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1622–1623 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ![]() |
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1623–1624 | Petrus Cunaeus | ![]() |
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1624–1625 | Petrus Cunaeus | ![]() |
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1625–1626 | Antonius Walaeus | ![]() |
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1626–1627 | Antonius Walaeus | ![]() |
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1627–1628 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1628–1629 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1629–1630 | Franco Burgersdijk | ![]() |
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1630–1631 | Franco Burgersdijk | ![]() |
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1631–1632 | ![]() |
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1632–1633 | Petrus Cunaeus | ![]() |
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1633–1634 | Antonius Thysius | ||
1634–1635 | Franco Burgersdijk | ![]() |
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1635–1636 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1636–1637 | Adolphus Vorstius | ![]() |
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1637–1638 | Petrus Cunaeus | ![]() |
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1638–1639 | Constantine L'Empereur | ![]() |
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1639 | Antonius Walaeus | ![]() |
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1639–1640 | |||
1640–1641 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
1641–1660[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1641–1642 | Otto Heurnius | ![]() |
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1642–1643 | Jacobus Golius | ![]() |
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1643–1644 | Jacobus Trigland | ![]() |
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1644–1645 | ![]() |
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1645–1646 | Johannes Polyander | ![]() |
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1646–1647 | ![]() |
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1647–1648 | Friedrich Spanheim | ![]() |
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1648–1649 | Otto Heurnius | ![]() |
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1649–1650 | Arnold Vinnius | ![]() |
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1650–1651 | Jacobus Trigland | ![]() |
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1651–1652 | Jacobus Golius | ![]() |
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1652–1653 | Adolphus Vorstius | ![]() |
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1653–1654 | ![]() |
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1654–1655 | Abraham Heidanus | ![]() |
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1655 | ![]() |
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1655–1656 | Joannes Antonides Van Der Linden | ![]() |
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1656–1657 | Jacobus Golius | ![]() |
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1657 | Arnold Vinnius | ![]() |
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1657–1658 | ![]() |
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1658–1659 | |||
1659–1660 | Johannes Cocceius | ![]() |
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1660–1661 | Adolphus Vorstius | ![]() |
1661–1680[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1661–1662 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius | ![]() |
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1662–1663 | Abraham Heidanus | ![]() |
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1663–1664 | ![]() |
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1664–1665 | Johannes Hoornbeek | ![]() |
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1665–1666 | Jacobus Golius | ![]() |
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1666–1667 | ![]() |
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1667–1668 | ![]() |
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1668–1669 | Johannes Cocceius | ![]() |
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1669–1670 | Franciscus Sylvius | ![]() |
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1670–1671 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius | ![]() |
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1671–1672 | Abraham Heidanus | ![]() |
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1672–1673 | ![]() |
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1673–1674 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ![]() |
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1674–1675 | |||
1675–1676 | Johann Friedrich Böckelmann | ![]() |
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1676–1677 | |||
1677–1678 | ![]() |
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1678–1679 | ![]() |
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1679–1680 | Charles Drelincourt (1633-1697) | ![]() |
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1680–1681 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ![]() |
1681–1700[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1681–1682 | Johannes Voet | ![]() |
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1682–1683 | ![]() |
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1683–1684 | Antonius Hulsius | ![]() |
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1684–1685 | ![]() |
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1685–1686 | ![]() |
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1686–1687 | Johannes Voet | ![]() |
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1687–1688 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ![]() |
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1688–1689 | Charles Drelincourt (1633-1697) | ![]() |
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1689–1690 | ![]() |
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1690–1691 | Paul Hermann | ||
1691–1692 | ![]() |
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1692–1693 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ![]() |
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1693–1694 | ![]() |
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1694–1695 | Charles Drelincourt (1633-1697) | ![]() |
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1695–1696 | ![]() |
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1696–1697 | Govert Bidloo | ![]() |
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1697–1698 | Burchard de Volder | ||
1698–1699 | Gerhard Noodt | ![]() |
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1699–1700 | ![]() |
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1700–1701 | ![]() |
18th century[]
1701–1720[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1701–1702 | ![]() |
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1702–1703 | ![]() |
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1703–1704 | Jacobus Gronovius | ![]() |
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1704–1705 | Salomon van Til | ![]() |
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1705–1706 | Gerhard Noodt | ![]() |
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1706–1707 | ![]() |
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1707–1708 | Perizonius | ![]() |
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1708–1709 | ![]() |
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1709–1710 | Johannes Voet | ![]() |
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1710–1711 | Bernhardus Albinus | ![]() |
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1711–1712 | Jacobus Gronovius | ![]() |
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1712–1713 | ![]() |
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1713–1714 | ![]() |
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1714–1715 | Herman Boerhaave | ![]() |
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1715–1716 | ![]() |
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1716–1717 | ![]() |
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1717–1718 | ![]() |
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1718–1719 | ![]() |
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1719–1720 | Pieter Burman the Elder | ![]() |
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1720–1721 | ![]() |
1721–1740[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1721–1722 | Johann Jacob Vitriarius | ![]() |
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1722–1723 | ![]() |
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1723–1724 | Willem Jacob 's Gravesande | ![]() |
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1724–1725 | ![]() |
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1725–1726 | ![]() |
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1726–1727 | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus | ![]() |
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1727–1728 | Jacobus Wittichius | ![]() |
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1728–1729 | ![]() |
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1729–1730 | ![]() |
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1730–1731 | Herman Boerhaave | ![]() |
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1731–1732 | Pieter Burman the Elder | ![]() |
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1732–1733 | ![]() |
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1733–1734 | ![]() |
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1734–1735 | ![]() |
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1735–1736 | Jacobus Wittichius | ![]() |
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1736–1737 | ![]() |
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1737–1738 | Johann Jacob Vitriarius | ![]() |
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1738–1739 | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus | ![]() |
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1739–1740 | ![]() |
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1740–1741 | ![]() |
1741–1760[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1741–1742 | ![]() |
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1742–1743 | Adriaan van Royen | ![]() |
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1743–1744 | Pieter van Musschenbroeck | ![]() |
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1744–1745 | ![]() |
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1745–1746 | ![]() |
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1746–1747 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | ![]() |
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1747–1748 | Tiberius Hemsterhuis | ![]() |
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1748–1749 | Johannes Alberti | ![]() |
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1749–1750 | ![]() |
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1750–1751 | ![]() |
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1751–1752 | ![]() |
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1752–1753 | ![]() |
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1753–1754 | ![]() |
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1754–1755 | |||
1755–1756 | ![]() |
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1756–1757 | ![]() |
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1757–1758 | ![]() |
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1758–1759 | Adriaan van Royen | ![]() |
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1759–1760 | Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand | ![]() |
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1760–1761 | Jan Jacob Schultens | ![]() |
1761–1780[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1761–1762 | ![]() |
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1762–1763 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | ![]() |
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1763–1764 | |||
1764–1765 | ![]() |
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1765–1766 | ![]() |
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1766–1767 | |||
1767–1768 | David Ruhnken | ![]() |
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1768–1769 | ![]() |
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1769–1770 | ![]() |
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1770–1771 | Adriaan van Royen | ![]() |
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1771–1772 | Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer | ||
1772–1773 | ![]() |
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1773–1774 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel | ![]() |
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1774–1775 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | ![]() |
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1775–1776 | ![]() |
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1776–1777 | ![]() |
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1777–1778 | ![]() |
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1778 | |||
1778–1779 | ![]() |
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1779–1780 | ![]() |
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1780–1781 | ![]() |
1781–1800[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1781–1782 | ![]() |
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1782–1783 | Eduard Sandifort | ![]() |
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1783–1784 | Adriaan Kluit | ![]() |
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1784–1785 | ![]() |
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1785–1786 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel | ![]() |
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1786–1787 | ![]() |
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1787–1788 | Henry Albert Schultens | ![]() |
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1788–1789 | ![]() |
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1789–1790 | ![]() |
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1790–1791 | ![]() |
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1791–1792 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel | ![]() |
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1792–1793 | ![]() |
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1793–1794 | ![]() |
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1794–1795 | Jean Luzac | ![]() |
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1795–1796 | ![]() |
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1796–1797 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | ![]() |
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1797–1798 | ![]() |
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1798–1799 | Johannes van der Palm | ![]() |
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1799–1800 | ![]() |
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1800–1801 | ![]() |
19th century[]
1801–1820[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1801–1802 | ![]() |
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1802–1803 | Eduard Sandifort | ![]() |
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1803–1804 | ![]() |
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1804–1805 | ![]() |
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1805–1806 | ![]() |
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1806–1807 | ![]() |
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1807–1808 | |||
1808–1809 | ![]() |
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1809–1810 | Matthijs Siegenbeek | ![]() |
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1810–1811 | ![]() |
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1811–1812 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | ![]() |
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1812 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | ![]() |
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1813–1816 | Joan Melchior Kemper | ![]() |
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1816–1817 | ![]() |
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1817–1818 | |||
1818–1819 | Johannes van der Palm | ![]() |
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1819–1820 | ![]() |
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1820–1821 | ![]() |
1821–1840[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1821–1822 | ![]() |
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1822–1823 | |||
1823–1824 | Matthijs Siegenbeek | ![]() |
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1824–1825 | ![]() |
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1825–1826 | ![]() |
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1826–1827 | ![]() |
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1827–1828 | ![]() |
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1828–1829 | Jan Bake | ![]() |
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1829–1830 | ![]() |
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1830–1831 | ![]() |
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1831–1832 | ![]() |
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1832–1833 | Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt | ![]() |
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1833–1834 | ![]() |
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1834–1835 | ![]() |
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1835–1836 | ![]() |
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1836–1837 | ![]() |
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1837–1838 | |||
1838–1839 | Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp | ![]() |
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1839–1840 | ![]() |
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1840–1841 | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke | ![]() |
1841–1860[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1841–1842 | Johan Frederik van Oordt | ![]() |
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1842–1843 | Jan van der Hoeven | ![]() |
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1843–1844 | ![]() |
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1844–1845 | ![]() |
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1845–1846 | ![]() |
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1846–1847 | Jan Hendrik Scholten | ![]() |
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1847–1848 | ![]() |
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1848–1849 | ![]() |
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1849–1850 | ![]() |
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1850–1851 | ![]() |
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1851–1852 | ![]() |
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1852–1853 | ![]() |
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1853–1854 | ![]() |
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1854–1855 | ![]() |
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1855–1856 | ![]() |
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1856–1857 | Jan Hendrik Scholten | ![]() |
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1857–1858 | Frederik Kaiser | ![]() |
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1858–1859 | ![]() |
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1859–1860 | ![]() |
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1860–1861 | ![]() |
1861–1880[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1861–1862 | Abraham Kuenen | ||
1862–1863 | Pieter Rijke | ![]() |
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1863–1864 | Carel Gabriel Cobet | ![]() |
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1864–1865 | ![]() |
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1865–1866 | ![]() |
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1866–1867 | ![]() |
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1867–1868 | Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar | ![]() |
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1868–1869 | Reinhart Dozy | ![]() |
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1869–1870 | ![]() |
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1870–1871 | ![]() |
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1871–1872 | ![]() |
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1872–1873 | David Bierens de Haan | ![]() |
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1873–1874 | ![]() |
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1874–1875 | ![]() |
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1875–1876 | ![]() |
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1876–1877 | Jan Hendrik Scholten | ![]() |
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1877 | ![]() |
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1877–1878 | Robert Fruin | ![]() |
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1878–1879 | Anthony Modderman | ![]() |
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1879–1880 | Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern | ![]() |
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1880–1881 | ![]() |
1881–1900[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1881–1882 | Michael Jan de Goeje | ![]() |
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1882–1883 | ![]() |
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1883–1884 | ![]() |
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1884–1885 | ![]() |
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1885–1886 | ![]() |
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1886–1887 | H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen | ![]() |
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1887–1888 | Samuel Siegmund Rosenstein | ![]() |
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1888–1889 | ![]() |
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1889–1890 | ![]() |
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1890–1891 | ![]() |
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1891–1892 | ![]() |
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1892–1893 | Cornelis Petrus Tiele | ![]() |
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1893–1894 | ![]() |
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1894–1895 | ![]() |
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1895–1896 | Karl Martin | ![]() |
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1896–1897 | ![]() |
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1897–1898 | ![]() |
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1898–1899 | P. J. Cosijn | ![]() |
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1899–1900 | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz | ![]() |
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1900–1901 | (J.Azn.) |
20st century[]
1901–1920[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1901–1902 | ![]() |
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1902 | ![]() |
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1903 | ![]() |
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1903–1904 | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | ![]() |
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1904–1905 | ![]() |
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1905–1906 | Willem Einthoven | ![]() |
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1906–1907 | ![]() |
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1907–1908 | ![]() |
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1908–1909 | ![]() |
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1909–1910 | ![]() |
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1910–1911 | Petrus Johannes Blok | ![]() |
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1911–1912 | ![]() |
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1912–1913 | ![]() |
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1913–1914 | ![]() |
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1914–1915 | ![]() |
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1915–1916 | William Brede Kristensen | ![]() |
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1916–1917 | Cornelis van Vollenhoven | ![]() |
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1917��1918 | ![]() |
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1918–1919 | ![]() |
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1919–1920 | Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis | ![]() |
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1920–1921 | ![]() |
1921–1940[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1921–1922 | Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje | ![]() |
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1922 | Johannes Petrus Kuenen | ![]() |
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1922–1923 | ![]() |
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1923–1924 | ![]() |
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1924–1925 | ![]() |
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1925–1926 | Willem de Sitter | ![]() |
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1926–1927 | Eduard Meijers | ![]() |
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1927–1928 | ![]() |
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1928–1929 | Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga | ![]() |
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1929–1930 | |||
1930–1931 | J. Ph. Vogel | ![]() |
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1931–1932 | ![]() |
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1932 | ![]() |
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1932–1933 | Johan Huizinga | ![]() |
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1933–1934 | ![]() |
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1934–1935 | Willem van der Woude | ![]() |
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1935–1936 | ![]() |
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1936–1937 | Jan van der Hoeve | ![]() |
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1937–1938 | ![]() |
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1938–1939 | ![]() |
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1939–1940 | ![]() |
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1940–1941 |
1941–1960[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1941-1943 | Willem van der Woude | ![]() |
(acting rector) Leiden University mostly closed after 27 November 1941) |
1943-1945 | -- | (Leiden University was closed because of the German Occupation) | |
1945 | Willem van der Woude | ![]() |
(May–September) |
1945–1946 | Berend George Escher | ![]() |
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1946–1947 | Rudolph Cleveringa | ||
1947–1948 | Julius Christiaan van Oven | ![]() |
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1948–1949 | ![]() |
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1949–1950 | ![]() |
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1950–1951 | ![]() |
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1951–1952 | Julius Herman Boeke | ![]() |
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1952–1953 | J.J.L. Duyvendak | ![]() |
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1953–1954 | ![]() |
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1954–1955 | ![]() |
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1955–1956 | Anton Eduard van Arkel | ![]() |
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1956–1957 | |||
1957–1958 | ![]() |
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1958–1959 | Herman Johannes Lam | ![]() |
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1959–1960 | |||
1960–1961 | ![]() |
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1961–2000[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1961–1962 | ![]() |
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1962–1963 | ![]() |
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1963–1964 | ![]() |
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1964–1965 | ![]() |
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1965–1966 | ![]() |
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1966–1967 | ![]() |
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1967–1968 | ![]() |
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1968–1969 | Ezn. | ||
1969–1970 | ![]() |
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1970–1971 | |||
1971–1972 | |||
1972–1976 | ![]() |
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1976–1979 | ![]() |
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1979–1985 | |||
1985–1991 | ![]() |
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1991–1997 | ![]() |
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1997–2001 | Willem Albert Wagenaar | ![]() |
21st century[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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2001–2007 | Douwe Breimer | ![]() |
Also chairman of the college van bestuur |
2007–2013 | Paul F. van der Heijden | ![]() |
Also chairman of the college van bestuur |
2013-2021 | Carel Stolker | ![]() |
Also chairman of the college van bestuur |
2021- | ![]() |
See also[]
Literature[]
- Harm Beukers [et al].: Album Scholasticum academiae Lugduno-Batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX. (1575–1989), Leids Universiteits-Fonds, Leiden, 1991
- R.E.O. Ekkart: Athenae Batavae. De Leidse Universiteit / The University of Leiden 1575-1975. Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1975. ISBN 90-6021-222-3
- Icones Leidenses. Leiden, Universitaire Pers, 1973. ISBN 9060211839
References[]
External links[]
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