Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno (2 March 1888 in

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– 5 September 1975 in

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) was a Dutch applied

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and scientist in engineering mechanics. He was a professor at

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Biography

Biezeno studied mechanical engineering from 1904 to 1909 (graduating ''

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'') at TU

. Subsequently he was a lecturer, first for mechanical engineering and then for mathematics at Delft. In 1914, he became a professor of mechanics at Delft. From 1937 to 1938 and from 1949 to 1951 he was

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at TU Delft. His book ''Technische Dynamik'', written with Richard Grammel, was a standard reference in its era. Biezeno was one of the organizers of the first Internationalen Congress of Applied Mechanics held at Delft in 1924. His doctoral students include

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and

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. Biezeno was given honorary doctorates by the

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, the

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, and the

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. In 1939 he was elected a member of the

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. In 1960 he received the

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with Richard Grammel.

Works

*with Richard Grammel: ''Technische Dynamik'', Springer Verlag 1939, 2nd edition in two volumes 1953 *with Grammel: ''Engineering Dynamics'', 4 vols., Glasgow: Blackie, 1955, 1956 *Editor with

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: ''Proceedings of the first congress of applied mechanics, Delft 1924'', Delft, Waltman 1925

References

External links

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Biezeno, Cornelis Benjamin (1888–1975), from historici.nl
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