Hilde De Ridder-Symoens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hilde De Ridder-Symoens

Belgian historian

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1943

Place of Birth: Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hilde De Ridder-Symoens (born 1943) is a Belgian historian.
She was Professor of Medieval History at the Free University of Amsterdam (1986–2001) and Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Ghent (2001–2008).
Her research focuses on educational history and the history of universities.
She edited the first two volumes of Cambridge University Press's A History of the University in Europe (1992, 1996).
Together with C.M.
Ridderikhoff she published Les livres des procurateurs de la nation germanique de l'ancienne Université d'Orléans, 1444-1602 (4 volumes, Brill, Leiden, 1971-2015).