![]() ![]() He established his reputation with "Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen" (The Waning of the Middle Age), which examines life and thought in France and Holland in the 14th and 15th centuries. He dissertated at Groningen University with the thesis "De Vidûsaka in het Indisch toneel". He studied Dutch and Eastern Letters at Groningen University (1891-1895) and Linguistics in Leipzig (1895-1896). ![]() Johan Huizinga was a bright student that studied Hebrew and Arabic at young age. His Baptist father first studied Theology at the Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary, but since religious practice did not appeal to him, he ended with studying natural science and became a professor in Physics and Chemistry in 1876 at the Groningen University. On 26 July 1876 his father remarried Hermanna Margaretha De Cock (19 March 1847, Winschoten - ?), who he considered his mother. Johan Huizinga was the son of the first marriage of professor in Physiology and rector of the Groningen University Dirk Huizinga (16 October 1840, Lagemeeden -, Groningen) and Jacoba Tonkens (30 October 1841, Groningen - 15 July 1874, Den Burg). Dutch art historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history. ![]()
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