Background

Ankum, Johan Albert Hans was born on July 23, 1930 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Leendert Albert and Johanna Goverdina (Van Kuykhof) Ankum.

Education

Master of Laws, University Amsterdam, 1953. Doctor of Laws, University Amsterdam, 1962. Doctor honorary causa, Aix-Marseille University, France, 1985.

Doctor honorary causa, Free University Brussels, 1986. Doctor honorary causa, Ruhr University, Bochum, 1995. Doctor honorary causa, Belgrade, 2005.

Doctor honorary causa, Charles University, Prague, 2008.

Career

Lecturer Roman law and legal history, U. Leiden (The Netherlands), l960-63; professor, U. Leiden (The Netherlands), l963-65; extraordinary professor Roman law, University Leiden (The Netherlands), l965-69; assistant in Roman law, University Amsterdam, l956-60; professor Roman law, legal history and juridical paprology, U. Amsterdam, l965-95; dean Law Faculty, U. Amsterdam, 1976-1978, 89-91; vice rector, U. Amsterdam, l979, 84, 85.

Achievements

• Johan Albert Ankum has been listed as a noteworthy Roman law and legal history educator, dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Provincial Parliament of North Holland (The Netherlands), l970-74. Member Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (Winkler Prins award l970).

Interests

• Travel, classical music, history of art.

Connections

Married Johanna Catharina Houwink, October 4, 1957 (divorced 1970). Children: Yvette Sandra, Sylvia Yolanthe, Edo Rogier. Married Pelline Johanna van Es, February 17, 1971.

1 child, Anne-Barbara Pelline.

Father:

Leendert Albert Ankum

Mother:

Johanna Goverdina (van Kuykhof) Ankum

Spouse:

Pelline Johanna van Es

Spouse:

Johanna Catharina Houwink

child:

Sylvia Yolanthe Ankum

child:

Anne-Barbara Pelline Ankum

child:

Yvette Sandra Ankum

child:

Edo Rogier Ankum