Peter van Kessel (historian) explained

Petrus Josephus "Peter" van Kessel (born 25 December 1933)^[1] is a Dutch historian. He spent his career at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, ultimately becoming vice director.

Van Kessel was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies.^[1] He obtained a degree from the Radboud University Nijmegen in 1961. Van Kessel became an intern at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome in 1962. He obtained his PhD in 1963 with a thesis titled: "Duitse studenten in Padua rond 1600 en de controverse Rome-Venetië".^{[2] [3]} Shortly afterwards he was appointed as secretary of the institute.^[4] Van Kessel would work at the institute until 1994, ultimately becoming vice director.^{[2] [5]}

He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: D. J. van de Kaa. Kaa. Y. de Roo. De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. 19 December 2008. Amsterdam University Press. 978-90-6984-552-4. 299.
2. Book: Hans Cools. J. P. de Valk. Maria Charlotte Le Bailly. Institutum Neerlandicum, MCMIV-MMIV: honderd jaar Nederlands Instituut te Rome. 2004. Uitgeverij Verloren. 90-6550-824-4. 103–.
3. Book: van Kessel, P.J. . 2006 . Geschiedenis en geschiedschrijving in Italië. Reflecties van een correspondent terug in Nederland. . Amsterdam . Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen . 5 . 90-6984-487-7.
4. Book: Peter J van Kessel. Geschiedenis van het Nederlands Instituut te Rome, 1905-1965. 1989. Uitgeverij Van Gorcum. 978-90-232-2487-7. 69–.
5. Web site: Peter van Kessel . https://web.archive.org/web/20170823091417/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/correspondents/4349 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 23 August 2017.