North, John D.

1934 - 2008, Prof. of Hist. of the Exact Sciences and dean of philos. faculty at Univ. of Groningen; Neth.; 1977-; formerly at Oxford; member of Royal Neth. Acad. of Arts and Sci.and Academia Leopoldina; fellow of Brit. Acad.; Brit. Mathematiker u. Philosoph