Background
Blok, Harmen was born on September 9, 1900 in Amsterdam. Son of Pieter Engel Johannes Blok and Wikje Harmina Poort.
consultant mechanical engineer
Blok, Harmen was born on September 9, 1900 in Amsterdam. Son of Pieter Engel Johannes Blok and Wikje Harmina Poort.
Degree in mechanical engineering, University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands, 1932.
Research and development engineer Royal Dutch Shell Group, Delft, 1933-1951. Professor mechanical engineering University of Technology Delft, 1951-1981. Consultant machinery and tribology Ryswyk, The Netherlands, from 1981.
Officer special services, Netherlands Army, 1947. Fellow American Society Mechanical Engineers, institute Mechanical Engineers. Member Society Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (honorary).
Married Aleida Schut, January 30, 1935. Children: Pieter Josip Juraj, Hendrika A., Hendrik P., Johannes, Jacobus A.