EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre.

Location:
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Founding Date:
1632

Enrollment:
24,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Svante Arrhenius	Chemist	19-Feb-1859	2-Oct-1927	Explored electrolytic conductivity
Alonzo Church	Mathematician	14-Jun-1903	11-Aug-1995	Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis
Joop den Uyl	Head of State	9-Aug-1919	24-Dec-1987	Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77
Christiaan Eijkman	Scientist	11-Aug-1858	5-Nov-1930	Research led to discovery of vitamins
Samuel Goudsmit	Physicist	11-Jul-1902	4-Dec-1978	Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Paul Greengard	Scientist	11-Dec-1925		Signal transduction in the nervous system
Hendrik S. Houthakker	Economist	31-Dec-1924	15-Apr-2008	Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Famke Janssen	Actor	5-Nov-1965		X-Men, Bond Girl
Joseph Luns	Politician	28-Aug-1911	17-Jul-2002	Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71
Willem J. Luyten	Astronomer	7-Mar-1899	21-Nov-1994	Stellar mortician
Emilio Segrè	Physicist	30-Jan-1905	22-Apr-1989	Co-Discoverer of the antiproton
Raymond Tanter	Scholar	?		Iran Policy Committee founder
Robert F. W. Van Oordt	Business	26-Mar-1936		CEO of Rodamco, 2000-01
Melvin Van Peebles	Film Director	21-Aug-1932		Watermelon Man
Guido van Rossum	Computer Programmer	?		Created Python programming language
Hans Vonk	Conductor	18-Jun-1942	29-Aug-2004	Director, St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002
Frits Zernike	Physicist	16-Jul-1888	10-Mar-1966	Phase-contrast microscope

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tobias Asser	Activist	28-Apr-1838	29-Jul-1913	Hague Court of Arbitration
Haskell Curry	Mathematician	12-Sep-1900	1-Sep-1982	Combinatory Logic
Wim Duisenberg	Business	9-Jul-1935	31-Jul-2005	President, European Central Bank, 1998-2003
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff	Chemist	30-Aug-1852	1-Mar-1911	Three-dimensional molecular properties
Johannes Diderik van der Waals	Physicist	23-Nov-1837	9-Mar-1923	Investigated states of matter
Pieter Zeeman	Physicist	25-May-1865	9-Oct-1943	Discovered Zeeman Effect

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pieter Zeeman	Physicist	25-May-1865	9-Oct-1943	Discovered Zeeman Effect

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