Anton van Hooff
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6 October 1943
Anton van Hooff | |
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 Van Hooff at Utrecht Freethinkers in the Pub, March 2015. | |
| Born | Antonius Jacobus Leonardus van Hooff 6 October 1943 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Thesis | Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme (1971) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Main interests | Classical antiquity |
Antonius Jacobus Leonardus (Anton) van Hooff (born 1943) is a Dutch historian of antiquity, author and a former docent.[1] From 2009 until 2015, he chaired the freethinkers association De Vrije Gedachte.[2][3]
In 1971, Van Hooff graduated with the dissertation Pax romana: een studie van het Romeinse imperialisme ("Pax Romana: a Study of Roman Imperialism"). Until 2008, Van Hooff was docent in ancient history at the Radboud University Nijmegen.[4] He specialises in classical antiquity, and regularly publishes in various newspapers and magazines. He wrote several books, including Nero & Seneca,[1] Athene ("Athens") and Marcus Aurelius.[4]
Van Hooff is an atheist,[5] a republican[1][6] and a member of the Republican Society.[7] On 3 December 2014, Van Hooff held the first ever Hans van den Bergh Lecture of the New Republican Society in De Balie.[8]
