Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa (1894-1980)

Subject Fields

Law

Born

Appingedam, The Netherlands

Famous for

Being the symbol of the protest of Leiden University against the German occupation, and for his protest speech in 1940 against the German rule to remove Jewish researchers from Leiden.

Researcher in Leiden

1927-1980

Today in Leiden

• Cleveringa Institute
• Cleveringa Chair