Henk Barendregt at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague

Hendrik Pieter (Henk) Barendregt (born 18 December 1947,

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) is a Dutch

logician Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...

, known for his work in

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and

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Life and work

Barendregt studied

mathematical logic Mathematical logic is the study of logic, formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory. Research in mathematical logic commonly addresses the mathematical properties of for ...

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

, obtaining his master's degree in 1968 and his PhD in 1971, both ''

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'', under

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and

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. After a postdoctoral position at

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, he taught at

. Since 1986, Barendregt has taught at

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...

, where he now holds the Chair of Foundations of Mathematics and Computer Science. His research group works on Constructive Interactive Mathematics. He is also Adjunct Professor at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

, Pittsburgh, USA. He has been a visiting scholar at

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, Siena, and Kyoto. Barendregt was elected a member of

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in 1992. In 1997 Barendregt was elected member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

. On 6 February 2003 Barendregt was awarded the

Spinozapremie The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...

for 2002, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. In 2002 he was knighted in the

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. Barendregt received an honorary doctorate from

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in 2015.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Barendregt's homepage

Author profile
in the database

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barendregt, Henk 1947 births Living people Dutch computer scientists Mathematical logicians Members of Academia Europaea Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Radboud University Nijmegen faculty Spinoza Prize winners Utrecht University alumni Scientists from Amsterdam Technische Universität Darmstadt faculty