Ad Stouthamer

Adriaan Hendrik Stouthamer (31 October 1931 – 20 February 2023) was a Dutch microbiologist. He was a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from the 1960s to 1996.

Life and career

Stouthamer was born on 31 October 1931 in Sas van Gent.[1] In 1960 he obtained his doctorate at Utrecht University under Klaas Winkler with a thesis titled: "Koolhydraatstofwisseling van de azijnzuurbacteriën". In 1963 he became lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He gave his inaugural lecture as professor in 1968.[2] From 1992 to 1995 he had a special teaching assignment in applied microbiology.[3] He retired in autumn 1996 and was succeeded in his chair by Hans Westerhoff.[4]

Stouthamer was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974.[5] In 1991 he gave the Kluyver lecture at the Royal Netherlands Association for Microbiology.[6]

Ad Stouthamer died on 20 February 2023, at the age of 91.[7]

References
  1. "Kwartierstaat van Adriaan Hendrik STOUTHAMER" (in Dutch). home.hccnet.nl. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.
  2. "Proeve van een genealogie van hoogleraren in Eindhoven 1956 – 2015" (PDF). hjmwijers.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2020.
  3. "Gegevens betreffende de Vrije Universiteit" (PDF). hdc.vu.nl. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2019.
  4. Martine Zuidweg (11 June 1997). "De confrontatie" (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. "Ad Stouthamer". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
  6. "Kluyver Lecture". Royal Netherlands Association for Microbiology. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020.
  7. "In memoriam: Prof. Dr. Adriaan Hendrik Stouthamer". KNVM. Retrieved 16 August 2023.


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