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Leendert Strengholt, Henk Wesseling and Queen Beatrix (1987)
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Born | Henk Wesseling 6 August 1937 The Hague, Netherlands |
Residence | Leiden, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Fields | Historian |
Institutions |
Leiden University Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Notable awards | The Honorary medal for Arts and Science of the Order of the House of Orange |
Henk Wesseling (born 1937 in The Hague, the Netherlands) is a Dutch historian. He is Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History at Leiden University, and was former Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study between 1995 and 2002.
In 1988 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.