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Harry Lintsen (born July 17, 1949) is a Dutch scientist. He is professor in
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, Netherlands, and researcher on
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Career

Lintsen was born on July 17, 1949 in the town of
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. Lintsen has devoted his career to the development and institutionalisation of history of technology in the Netherlands. One of the highlights has been the establishment of the Foundation for the History of Technology – at Lintsen’s initiative – by the ''Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs'' (KIvI) in 1988, which to this day remains the most important organization for domestic and international research programmes on the history of technology. Lintsen has held numerous positions within
Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc a ...
, including vice-dean of the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Chairman of the study programme committee and Chairman of the General Sciences group. He also regularly serves outside Eindhoven, for example as a member on the Committee for the Heineken History Award, member of the Executive Council of the
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(SHOT), and is member of the
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(KNAW) since 1999. Lintsen studied
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at the
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. He graduated in 1972 with a specialty in physical technology. In the meantime Lintsen was a
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to Prof.
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. He continued to work in Eindhoven after graduation, being employed as an assistant professor in Science and Society, at the Department of Applied Science. Between 1974 and 1978 Harry Lintsen worked on a
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on the rise and development of the
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in The Netherlands in the 19th century. It was published in 1980 as ''Ingenieurs in Nederland in de 19e eeuw: Een streven naar erkenning en macht'' (''Dutch engineers in the 19th century: The quest for recognition and power''). Supervisors were Bert Broer, B.C. van Houten, and A.L. Mok. In 1986 Lintsen was named Scientific Director of the Foundation for the History of Technology (Stichting Historie der Techniek), housed at Eindhoven University of Technology. He became full professor sharing his time between Eindhoven and
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in 1990. During the
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1994-1995 Lintsen was visiting professor at the
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in the United States. In 2003 Lintsen was decorated by
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as an Officer in the
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Key publications

* J.W. Schot, Bruheze, A.A. de la, Lintsen, H.W., Rip, A. (2005). De betwiste modernisering van Nederland. Een introductie op de serie 'Techniek in Nederland in de Twintigste Eeuw'. ''Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de geschiedenis der Nederlanden'', 120(1), 48-50. * H.W. Lintsen, (2007). ''Techniek in actie : een geschiedenis van TNO Industrie en Techniek''. Eindhoven: TNO Industrie en Techniek with Stichting Historie der Techniek. * H.W. Lintsen & J.L Schippers (2006). ''Gedreven door nieuwsgierigheid: een selectie uit 50 jaar TU/e-onderzoek''. Eindhoven: Stichting Historie der Techniek i.s.m. TU/e. * H.W. Lintsen (2005). ''Made in Holland: Een techniekgeschiedenis van Nederland 1800-2000''. Zutphen: Walburg Pers. * H.W. Lintsen (2002). "Two Centuries of Central Water Management in the Netherlands". ''Technology and Culture'' 43(3), 549-568. * J.W. Schot, H.W. Lintsen, A. Rip and A.A. Albert de la Bruhèze, eds. (1998–2003). ''Techniek in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw'' echnology in the Netherlands in the 20th centuryZuthpen: Walburg Pers, seven volumes. * H.W. Lintsen et al., eds. (1992–1995), ''Geschiedenis van de Techniek in Nederland. De wording van een moderne samenleving 1800-1890'' istory of technology in the Netherlands. Modern society in the making, 1800-1890Zutphen: Walburg Pers, six volumes. * H.W. Lintsen, ed. (1988). ''Twee Eeuwen Rijkswaterstaat, 1798-1998'' wo centuries of the Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management Zaltbommel.


External links


Faculty Homepage

An interview with Harry Lintsen

Works by and about Harry Lintsen
in libraries
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lintsen, Harry 1949 births Living people Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Heerlen