Background
Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M. van was born on May 15, 1936 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. Son of Reinier A. Th. and Lucie E. (Burgers) van Hooff.
Hooff, Jan A.R.A.M. van was born on May 15, 1936 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. Son of Reinier A. Th. and Lucie E. (Burgers) van Hooff.
Doctor in Biology, University Utrecht, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, University Utrecht, 1971.
Facial expressions in higher primates 1962, The comparison of facial expressions in man and higher primates 1976, Categories and sequences of behavior: methods of description and analysis 1982, Oorlog 1990.Science collaborator University Utrecht, 1961-1973, lecturer, 1973-1980, professor ethology, since 1980. Scientific researcher social behaviour and social organization of primates and man United States Aeromed. Research Laboratories, Holloman Air Force Base, Alamagordo, New Mexico, 1966.
Science board Burgers Zoo, Arnhem, since 1965. Board directors Lucie Burgers Foundation for Comparative Behaviour Research, Arnhem, 1986, Dobberke Foundation for Comparative Psychology, Amsterdam, 1984, Foundation for Interdisciplinary Behaviour Research, 1980, Ethologische Gesellschaft. President International Science Conference XXI International Ethological Conference, Utrecht, 1989.
Board directors Foundation Anniversary Prince Bernhard, since 1987. Curator PrinsBernhard Chair for International Nature Protection, Utrecht, since 1987, The New Lyceum, since 1986. Fellow Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member Netherlands Commission for International Nature Protection, Association for Study of Animal Behavior, Assoziazione Primatologica Italiana, International Primatol.
Married Anna C.M. Bluemink. Children: Reinier G.Th., Carolijn Library Science, Geerten J.A.