What is Henk Wesseling?
[[File:HenkWesseling2002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wesseling in 2002]] '''Henk Wesseling''' (6 August 1937 – 18 August 2018) was a Dutch historian. He was a [[professor emeritus]] of [[contemporary history]] at [[Leiden University]]. He was the [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of the [[Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study]] between 1995 and 2002. He was born in [[The Hague]]. In 1988 he became member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4995 |title=Henk Wesseling |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=31 July 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110800/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4995 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1989 he was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Wesseling_Henk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Wesseling_Henk |title=Henk Wesseling |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> He died in [[Oegstgeest]], [[Netherlands]] on 18 August 2018 from [[Parkinson's disease]], aged 81.<ref>[https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2459901/scriptiebegeleider-willem-alexander-overleden Scriptiebegeleider Willem-Alexander overleden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822131328/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2459901/scriptiebegeleider-willem-alexander-overleden |date=2018-08-22 }} {{in lang|nl}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wesselink, Henk}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:Dutch academics]] [[Category:Dutch historians]] [[Category:Writers from The Hague]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]]