H. Floris Cohen
1946 - 2013
H. Floris Cohen was born in Haarlem, Netherlands in 1946.
From 1975 to 1982 he served the Museum Boerhaave in Leiden as a curator.
In 1982 he was appointed full professor in history of science at the University of Twente.
In 2001 he took early retirement. Since December 2006 he serves as 'bijzonder hoogleraar' (honorary professor) at the Department of Humanities of the University of Utrecht.