Leo Vroman
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Leo Vroman (April 10, 1915 – February 22, 2014) was a Jewish-Dutch-American hematologist, a writer and a poet (mainly writing in Dutch) and an illustrator.
Early life
Vroman was born in Gouda. He studied biology at Utrecht University. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, he went to London.
Education
After the war, Vroman went to New York. There he worked as a hematology researcher. He has been an American citizen since 1951.
Death
Vroman spent his last years in Fort Worth, Texas. He died on February 22, 2014, aged 98.[1]
Books
- with Edward F Leonard: The Behavior of blood and its components at interfaces, Columbia University Seminar on Biomaterials, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1977. Vol. 283 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- with Edward F Leonard and Vincent T Turitto: Blood in contact with natural and artificial surfaces, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, N.Y., 1987. Vol. 516 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Leo Vroman Media
Poem In 14 boeken as a wall poem in Leiden
Portrait of Leo Vroman in Gouda (the Netherlands)
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nu.nl - Dichter Leo Vroman (98) overleden (in Dutch) Retreived on February 22, 2014.
Other websites
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2014 deaths
- American biologists
- American illustrators
- American painters
- American playwrights
- American poets
- Dutch artists
- Dutch Jews
- Dutch poets
- Dutch physicians
- Jewish American scientists
- Jewish American writers
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Gouda
- Refugees from Nazism
- Writers from South Holland