Johan Albert "Hans" Ankum (23 July 1930 – 3 June 2019) was a Dutch legal scholar. He was professor of Roman law, history of jurisprudence and juridical papyrology at the University of Amsterdam between 1965 and 1995.

J.A. Ankum (1970)

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Ankum was born on 23 July 1930 in Amsterdam.[1] At the University of Amsterdam he earned his PhD in Law in 1962 with a dissertation on the history of the Actio pauliana [nl]. He was researcher on juridical papyrology from 1960 to 1965 at the same university. Between 1965 and 1995 Ankum was professor of Roman law, history of jurisprudence and juridical papyrology.[1]

Ankum became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986.[2] He died in Haarlem on 3 June 2019, aged 88.[1][3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Album Academicum - Prof. mr. dr. J.A. Ankum, 1930 - 2019" (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Hans Ankum". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ Eric Pool (18 June 2019). "In Memoriam Hans Ankum 1930 - 2019". University of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019.