Hans de Vries

Hans de Vries in 2016

Johannes "Hans" de Vries (12 March 1927 – 13 October 2021) was a Dutch economic historian of the De Nederlandsche Bank.[1]

De Vries was born in Heemstede on 12 March 1927.[2] In 1959 he obtained his PhD in economic sciences at the University of Amsterdam under Ieb Brugmans [nl] with a thesis titled: "Economische achteruitgang der Republiek in de achttiende eeuw".[3] He was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.[1]

De Vries died in Bosch en Duin on 13 October 2021, at the age of 94.[4]

References

1. "Hans de Vries". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.
2. D. J. van de Kaa; Kaa; Y. de Roo (19 December 2008). De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. Amsterdam University Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-90-6984-552-4.
3. "Album Academicum - J. de Vries, 1927 -" (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020.
4. "In memoriam: Prof. dr. Joh. de Vries (1927–2021)". N. W. Posthumus Institute. Retrieved 31 March 2023.