Background
Wee, Herman Frans Van der was born on July 10, 1928 in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium.
Wee, Herman Frans Van der was born on July 10, 1928 in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Leuven (Belgium) U., 1949; Doctor of Laws, Leuven (Belgium) U., 1950; Master of Arts, Leuven (Belgium) U., 1951; D of History Science, Leuven (Belgium) U., 1963; graduate studies, The Sorbonne, Paris graduate studies, London School Economics.
From lecturer to professor, Leuven U., 1955-1969;
full professor, Leuven U., since 1969;
professor, U. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1986-1987;
professor, Cambridge U., London, 1989. Visiting professor of history department U. Paris, Sorbonne, 1987-1988. Invited professor of University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1972-1982, 91-92, U. Geneva, 1991-1992;chairman advisory county West-European program Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, since 1986.
Chairman of the board of trustees Leuven U. Press, 1971-1989.
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Fellow British Academy (correspondent), Royal Academy Netherlands (correspondent). Member International Economics History Organisation (president 1986-1990), Royal Academy Belgium (class of letters, president since 1989, De Stassart award 1968), Research Council theEuropean U. Institute Florence, Academy Europe (founding member, county member), Leuven Institute for Center and East European Studies (president advisory county), Erasmus and Tempus Intensive Course Programmes on Urban History (founding member), European Association for Banking History (chairman academic advisory county since 1980).
Son of Jos Van der Wee and Martha Planckaert. Married Monique Verbreyt, February 27, 1954. Children: Dominique, Barbara.