Background
HULST, Hendrik Christoffel van de was born on November 19, 1918 in Utrecht.
HULST, Hendrik Christoffel van de was born on November 19, 1918 in Utrecht.
Utrecht University.
Lecturer in Astronomy, Leiden University 1948-1952, Professor, of Astronomy 1952-1984. President Commission 1934 (Interstellar Matter) Institute Astronomical Union 1952-1958, Nederland Astronomen Club 1953-1956, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) 62. Chairman Netherlands Commission, for Geophysical and Space Research 1960-1983.
Vice-Chairman European Space Research Organization (ESRO) 1960-1965, Chairman 1968-1970.
Royal Neths. Academy, of Sciences.
Married Wilhelmina Mengerink in 1946.