Biography:Piet Kuiper

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Short description: Dutch botanist

Pieter Jan Cornelis "Piet" Kuiper (30 July 1934 – 10 December 2017)[1] was a Dutch botanist. He was professor of plant physiology at the University of Groningen from 1974 to 1999.[1]

Kuiper was born in Hoorn. He obtained his PhD in 1961 at the Landbouwhogeschool in Wageningen.[1] Kuiper helped doctors in determining species of mushrooms in poisoning cases.[2] He died, together with his wife, on 10 December 2017.[3]

Kuiper was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1983.[4]

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