Johan Huizinga was born on December 7, 1872[1], in Groningen[2]. He died on February 1, 1945[3], in De Steeg[4]. He worked as a cultural historian[5], historian[6], university teacher[7], resistance fighter[8], and linguist[9]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,194 views/month, #7,126 of 1,000,298).[10]
Occupation: philosopher[18], art historian[19], anthropologist[20], draftsperson[21], painter[22], writer[23], Indologist[24]
Field of work: medieval history[25], historical linguistics[26], history[27], cultural history[28], art history[29], philosophy of culture[30], anthropology[31]
Position held: rector magnificus of Leiden University[32]
Employer: University of Groningen[33], Leiden University[34]
Educated at: University of Groningen[35], Leiden University[36]
Notable work: The Autumn of the Middle Ages[37], Homo Ludens[38]
Member of: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences[40], Hungarian Academy of Sciences[41], Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[42], Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde[43], Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten[44], Austrian Academy of Sciences[45]
Religion or worldview: Mennonite Church in the Netherlands[46]
Things named for Johan Huizinga include Huizinga Instituut[56], a research institute[57], in Netherlands[58], founded in 1995[59].
Why It Matters
Johan Huizinga has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] He is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Works attributed to him include Homo Ludens[62], a written work[63] and The Autumn of the Middle Ages[64], an academic work[65]. Entities named for him include Huizinga Instituut[56], a research institute[57], in Netherlands[58], founded in 1995[59].
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