Prominent professors from Groningen

Since 1614 a large number of professors at the University of Groningen have done some pioneering research. In the list below you find some of the most prominent professors.

Ubbo Emmius (1547-1625)

First rector magnificus

Johann Bernoulli (1667-1748)

Swiss mathematician

Petrus Camper (1722-1789)

Physician

Theodorus van Swinderen (1784-1851)

Professor of Natural History

Sibrandus Stratingh (1785-1841)

Professor of Chemistry and Technology

Herman van Hall (1801-1874)

Professor of Botany and Rural Economy

Jacobus Kapteyn (1851-1922)

Astronomer

Gerard Heymans (1857-1930)

Founding father of psychology in the Netherlands

Jantine Tammes (1871-1947)

First female professor in Groningen

Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)

Cultural historian

Albert van Giffen (1884-1973)

Archeologist

Frits Zernike (1888-1966)

Nobel Prize winner

Bernard Röling (1906-1985)

Polemologist