Background
Heuvel, Edward Peter Van Den was born on November 2, 1940 in Soest, Netherlands. Son of Hendrikus Van Den Heuvel and Clara De Jong.
Heuvel, Edward Peter Van Den was born on November 2, 1940 in Soest, Netherlands. Son of Hendrikus Van Den Heuvel and Clara De Jong.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 1968.
Assistant scientist Vrije University, Brussels, 1962—1968, professor, astronomy, 1970—1980, University Amsterdam, 1974—2005, director, Astronomical Institute, 1974—2005, emeritus professor, astronomy, since 2005. Research associate Utrecht University, 1963—1968, assistant professor, 1969—1974. Postdoctoral fellow Lick Observatory UCSC, Santa Cruz, California, 1968—1969.
Member, governing board, founder, planetarium Amsterdam Zoological Garden Artis, 1986—2000. Fellow: Royal Astronomical Society, Inter University Center Astronomy & Astrophysics (Pune, India) (honorary), Indian Academy of Sciences (honorary). Member: Royal Netherlands Academy Arts & Sciences.
Married Anna Maria Remmen, February 8, 1968. 1 child Marleen Louise Van Den Heuvel-Dadvar.