Hendrik Frans Karel van Nierop (born 1949) is a historian of early-modern Holland and professor emeritus of the University of Amsterdam.
Nierop took part in student demonstrations in Amsterdam in May 1969, occupying the university's administrative centre.
[1][2] He graduated from the University of Amsterdam in 1974 and in 1984 obtained a doctorate from Leiden University with a thesis on the transformation of Holland's ruling class between 1500 and 1650.
[3] He taught at the University of Amsterdam, where in 1999 he was appointed Professor of Early Modern History.
[5] A Festschrift was produced for the occasion, under the title Het gelijk van de Gouden Eeuw, edited by Michiel van Groesen, Judith Pollmann and Hans Cools (Hilversum, 2014).