Leendert Bosch (13 November 1924 – 20 January 2017) was a Dutch biochemist. He was a professor of biochemistry at

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from 1964 to 1990. Bosch was born on 13 November 1924 in

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. He obtained his title of

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in 1955, with a dissertation titled "Biochemische en endocrinologische onderzoekingen van normaal en neoplastisch weefsel : de stofwisseling van oestrogeen producerende ovariumtumoren" (Biochemical and endocrinological research of normal and neoplastic tissue: the metabolism of oestrogen producing ovarian tumors). In 1961 Bosch was named lector of biochemistry in extraordinary service at Leiden University. In 1963 he became a regular lector, and in 1964 he was named professor. Bosch was elected a member of the

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in 1978. He was elected a member of the

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in 1982. He retired as professor in 1990. A member of the

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, Bosch criticized the party for its 2002 election program on biochemical and ethical reasons. Bosch died on 20 January 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosch, Leendert 1924 births 2017 deaths Delft University of Technology alumni Dutch biochemists Academic staff of Leiden University Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Appingedam