Johan Huizinga

Also known as J. Huizinga, Huizinga, Professor Dr. Johan Huizinga, Johan Huizing

Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)

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Johan Huizinga was a Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945) who fundamentally shaped how scholars study human culture and society. His influential works, particularly on the role of play and competition in civilization, changed the way historians and academics understand culture beyond just politics and economics.

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Born: 1872
Died: 1945
Works: 131

Top works

The waning of the Middle Ages
L'automne du Moyen âge
Keur van gedenkwaardige tafereelen uit de vaderlandsche historiën
Mensch en menigte in Amerika
Erasmus in den spiegel van zijn brieven

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Netherlands
Active from: 1966-10-15

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Discography

Discogs

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Total plays: 3

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5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,393x
The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 13,881x
Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 13,793x
A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light
· 2008 · cited 12,123x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,814x

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Quotes

“The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.”
“Educators are aware that they can reach the youth only by making use of gang spirit and guiding it, not by working against it.”
“Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.”
“These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution.”
“History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.”

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Commons category: Johan Huizinga
date of birth: 1872-12-07
date of death: 1945-02-01
name in native language: Johan Huizinga
Commons Creator page: Johan Huizinga
start of work period: 1887-01-01
end of work period: 1945-01-01

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Article

Johan Huizinga ( Dutch: [ˈjoːɦɑn ˈɦœyzɪŋɣaː]; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.

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