Pieter Hennipman

Pieter Hennipman

Pieter Hennipman (1945)
Born September 12, 1911
Died July 4, 1994 (aged 82)
Nationality Dutch
Institution University of Amsterdam
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Influenced Jan Pen
Henri Theil
Arnold Heertje
Joop van Santen

Pieter Hennipman (September 12, 1911 – July 4, 1994) was a Dutch economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, who is considered the "leading Dutch economist of the post-war period."[1]

Biography

Born in Leiden, Hennipman received his MA in Economics at the University of Amsterdam in 1934 under Herman Frijda and Théodore Limperg , and in he received his PhD for the thesis "Economisch motief en economisch principe".[2]

In 1938 he started his academic career as lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. After the war in 1945 he was appointed Professor of Economics as successor of Herman Frijda, who had died in Auschwitz.[3] Among his doctoral students were Jan Pen (1950), Henri Theil (1951), Arnold Heertje (1960), and Joop van Santen (1968).

From 1946 to 1973 Hennipman was editor of the De Economist. In 1974 he married Elisabeth Eybers, with whom he stayed until his death.[4]

Publications

References

  1. Pieter Hennipman, Donald A. Walker , Arnold Heertje , Hans van den Doel eds. (1995) Welfare Economics And The Theory Of Economic Policy. Preface
  2. Prof. dr. P. Hennipman, 1911 - 1994 at the University of Amsterdam Album Academicum website
  3. BIOGRAFIE Dr. Pieter Hennipman Accessed September 9, 2013.
  4. Ena Jansen (1998) Afstand & verbintenis. p. 107

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