EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Utrecht, Netherlands

Founding Date:
1636

Enrollment:
30,000

Official Website:
http://www.uu.nl/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nicolaas Bloembergen	Physicist	11-Mar-1920		Nonlinear optics
Thomas François Burgers	Head of State	15-Apr-1834	9-Dec-1881	President of Transvaal Republic
Willem Einthoven	Scientist	21-May-1860	28-Sep-1927	Invented the electrocardiograph
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff	Chemist	30-Aug-1852	1-Mar-1911	Three-dimensional molecular properties
Gerardus 't Hooft	Physicist	5-Jul-1946		Quantum physicist
Jacobus C. Kapteyn	Astronomer	19-Jan-1851	18-Jun-1922	Star streaming
Tjalling C. Koopmans	Economist	28-Aug-1910	26-Feb-1985	Linear programming
Marcel Minnaert	Astronomer	12-Feb-1893	26-Oct-1970	Solar spectrophotometry
Perizonius	Scholar	26-Oct-1651	6-Apr-1715	Animadversiones Historicae
William Pitt the Elder	Head of State	15-Nov-1708	11-May-1778	Seven Years War
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Physicist	27-Mar-1845	10-Feb-1923	Discovered X-Rays
Edward Tatum	Scientist	14-Dec-1909	7-Nov-1975	One gene, one enzyme theory
Martinus J.G. Veltman	Physicist	27-Jun-1931		Quantum physicist
Ben Verwaayen	Business	11-Feb-1952		CEO of Alcatel-Lucent

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Nuclear magnetic resonance
Paul J. Crutzen	Physicist	3-Dec-1933		Ozone depletion
Peter Debye	Physicist	24-Mar-1884	2-Nov-1966	Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Christiaan Eijkman	Scientist	11-Aug-1858	5-Nov-1930	Research led to discovery of vitamins
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff	Chemist	30-Aug-1852	1-Mar-1911	Three-dimensional molecular properties
Gerardus 't Hooft	Physicist	5-Jul-1946		Quantum physicist
Hendrik Kramers	Physicist	17-Feb-1894	24-Apr-1952	Kramers dispersion theory
Willem Mengelberg	Conductor	28-Mar-1871	21-Mar-1951	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945
Marcel Minnaert	Astronomer	12-Feb-1893	26-Oct-1970	Solar spectrophotometry
Leopold Ruzicka	Chemist	13-Sep-1887	26-Sep-1976	Terpenes and hormones

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marcel Minnaert	Astronomer	12-Feb-1893	26-Oct-1970	Solar spectrophotometry

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