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In 1970 the Doeglas commission advised the Dutch government to stop all geological research in Groningen, and to concentrate geological research at other universities. Kuenen was a big opponent of this plan but could not prevent it. After a
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and he published a book on the subject. Some of his other contributions to geology were
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attack in 1970, he retired in 1972 and died at Leiden in December 1976.
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Geological research at the universities of The Netherlands, 1877-1962
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Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in Geologie & Mijnbouw, vol. 41 no. 4 p. 161-174
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Philip Henry Kuenen
Dundee
Leiden
Dutch
Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille
Geology
Dundee
Leiden
geologist
Scotland
Johannes Petrus Kuenen
physics
University College, Dundee
geology
Leiden University
K. Martin
B.G. Escher
paleontology
experimental
Snellius expedition
Sunda Islands
Dutch East Indies
lecturer
Groningen University
professor
German
World War II
Nazis
British
ancestors

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