Jan Hogendijk
| Jan Hogendijk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 July 1955 Leeuwarden, Friesland |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
University of Utrecht Leiden University University of Heidelberg |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht |
| Doctoral advisor |
Fred van der Blij Gerald J. Toomer |
| Doctoral students |
Silvia Harmsen Benno van Dalen Steven Wepster |
| Notable awards | Otto Neugebauer Prize (2012) |
Jan P. Hogendijk (born 21 July 1955) is a Dutch mathematician and historian of science. Since he 2005 is professor of history of mathematics at the University of Utrecht.
In 2012, he was awarded the inaugural Otto Neugebauer Prize for History of Mathematics, by the European Mathematical Society, "for having illuminated how Greek mathematics was absorbed in the medieval Arabic world, how mathematics developed in medieval Islam, and how it was eventually transmitted to Europe."[1]
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