Anton van Hooff explained

Anton van Hooff
Birth Name:Antonius Jacobus Leonardus van Hooff
Birth Date:6 October 1943
Birth Place:The Hague
Workplaces:Radboud University Nijmegen
Alma Mater:Radboud University Nijmegen
Thesis Title:Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme
Thesis Year:1971
Main Interests:Classical antiquity

Antonius Jacobus Leonardus (Anton) van Hooff (born 1943) is a Dutch historian of antiquity, author and a former docent.[1] From 2009 until 2015, he chaired the freethinkers association De Vrije Gedachte.[2] [3]

In 1971, Van Hooff graduated with the dissertation Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme ("Pax Romana: a Study of Roman Imperialism"). Until 2008, Van Hooff was docent in ancient history at the Radboud University Nijmegen.[4] He specialises in classical antiquity, and regularly publishes in various newspapers and magazines. He wrote several books, including Nero & Seneca,[1] Athene ("Athens") and Marcus Aurelius.[4]

Van Hooff is an atheist,[5] a republican[1] [6] and a member of the Republican Society.[7] On 3 December 2014, Van Hooff held the first ever Hans van den Bergh Lecture of the New Republican Society in De Balie.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Het onzalige duo Nero en Seneca . Hans Oranje . . 17 April 2010 . 23 January 2015.
  2. van Hoof . Anton . May 2013 . Openingstoespraak van de voorzitter . De Vrijdenker . 44 . 4 . 3.
  3. Kruithof . Dik . May 2015 . Afscheid van Voorzitter Anton van Hooff op jaarvergadering De Vrije Gedachte . De Vrijdenker . 46 . 4 . 3.
  4. News: Van eeuwige kroonprins tot modelkeizer . Willfred van de Poll . Trouw . 21 November 2012 . 23 January 2015.
  5. News: Humanisten? Softer dan ooit . Wilfred van de Poll . Trouw . 20 June 2013 . 18 February 2017.
  6. News: De Republikeinse Vereniging . Anton van Hooff . NRC Handelsblad . 13 March 1997 . 31 May 2015.
  7. Web site: Dr. A.J.L. (Anton) van Hooff . Montesquieu Instituut . 27 April 2013 . 12 June 2015.
  8. Web site: 1e Hans van den Bergh lezing door classicus Anton van Hooff in de Balie te Amsterdam . Anton van Hooff . YouTube . . 15 December 2014 . 12 June 2015.