Background
Huygens, Robert Burchard Constantijn was born on December 10, 1931 in The Hague, Holland.
Huygens, Robert Burchard Constantijn was born on December 10, 1931 in The Hague, Holland.
Doctor of Philosophy, State University, Leiden, 1960.
Lecturer in Medieval Latin, University of Leiden 1964, Professor since 1968. Fellow, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. 1982, Institute for Advanced Study, Jerusalem 1983-1984, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 1986-1987, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbiittel 1987.
Member Royal Dutch Academy, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Society Antiquaires France, Rotary.
Married Caroline Sprey. Children: Charlotte, Hans, Pauline.