Contributions to the history of psychology: LXVII. Henricus (Hans) Kuypers F.R.S. 1925-1989.
Hans Kuypers, who died in September 1989, was one of the founding fathers of neuroscience. Kuypers studied medicine in Leiden, The Netherlands and trained as a neuroanatomist with Nauta. His early work at Maryland and at Cleveland led to a wealth of new discoveries about descending motor pathways. Subsequently at Rotterdam, where he was foundation professor, and at Cambridge, England he searched for new brain probes, including retrograde fluorescent tracers and viruses for labelling chains of interconnected neurons. He saw the need to relate new neuroanatomical findings to brain function: in particular, how the brain steers hand and arm movements. He will be greatly missed by a long and distinguished list of collaborators on every continent.
Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK.
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