Johan Huizinga

Johan Huizinga (1872–1945) was a Dutch cultural historian, Indologist, and cultural philosopher. He initially studied languages and turned to history after completing his doctorate. Following a period as a schoolteacher, he taught at the universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, and Leiden, where he held professorships in history. His best-known works include The Autumn of the Middle Ages (1919) and Homo Ludens (1938). He also wrote extensively on Dutch cultural history, European humanism, and Erasmus of Rotterdam.