Philip Kuenen

Geologist, Author

1902 – 1976

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Who was Philip Kuenen?

Philip Henry Kuenen was a Dutch geologist.

Kuenen spent his earliest youth in Scotland, where his father was professor in physics until 1906. He studied geology at Leiden University, where he was a pupil of K. Martin and B.G. Escher. He finished his studies in 1925 and then became assistant to Escher. He worked on paleontology and experimental geology.

In 1929-1930 Kuenen participated in the Snellius expedition to the seas surrounding the Sunda Islands of the Dutch East Indies. In 1934 he became lecturer at Groningen University. Because the Dutch government had decided that geology would not be a major subject at Groningen University Kuenen was able to dedicate most of his time to research. Only in 1946 he became a full professor, during the German occupation in World War II the nazis had prevented this because he had British ancestors.

Kuenen is known particularly for his work on marine geology and he published a book on the subject.

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Born
Jul 22, 1902
Dundee
Profession
Education
  • Leiden University
Died
Dec 17, 1976
Leiden

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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