Robert Fruin

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A small ode to the person our street was named after…

Robert Jacobus Fruin (Rotterdam, November 11, 1823 – Leiden, January 29, 1899) was a Dutch historian, who as a follower of Leopold von Ranke introduced the scientific study of history in The Netherlands, when he was professor of Dutch national history (Dutch: Vaderlandsche Geschiedenis) at Leiden University.