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Dutch historian
A.K.A.
H. Floris Cohen
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1 July 1946(Haarlem)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Hendrik Floris Cohen (born Haarlem, Netherlands July 1, 1946) is a historian of science.
Life
Cohen studied history at the University of Leiden, receiving a Ph.D. in 1974. He is a professor in the Comparative History of Science at the University of Utrecht. Cohen is the brother of politician Job Cohen and son of the historian Dolf Cohen.
In 2008, Cohen was awarded the Dutch "Eureka" prize for the best book of the year that makes science accessible to a wide audience.