Piet Hartman (11 April 1922 – 26 March 2021) was a Dutch crystallographer, who worked as professor at Leiden University and Utrecht University between 1973 and 1987.

Career

Hartman was born in Veendam on 11 April 1922.[1] He studied physical chemistry at the University of Groningen. Hartman subsequently obtained his title of doctor under professor P. Terpstra at the same university on 18 December 1953, with a dissertation titled: "Relations between structure and morphology of crystals".[1] He became a lector of crystallography at Leiden University in 1959. In 1973 he was named full professor and he continued to work at Leiden University until 1980.[2] In 1978 he was named professor of crystallography at Utrecht University, where he would work until his retirement in 1987.[1]

Hartman was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982.[3] He died on 26 March 2021, shortly before his 99th birthday.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prof.dr. P. Hartman (1922 - )" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Piet Hartman" (in Dutch). Leiden University. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Piet Hartman". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Prof. Dr. P Hartman" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021.


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