CURRICULUM VITAE
PETRUS MARIA FONTAINE
Retired history educator
b. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 11, 1921
Son of Frans and Berta (Kannegieter)
Married Anneke Thomassen (b. Weert Dec. 24, 1930)On April 16, 1952
Children: Resian, Britt, Bernadet, Relinde, Filip
Grammar school 1933-1939
MA(history) Un. of Amsterdam 1947
Doctor Un. of Amsterdam 1954
Researcher Netherlands State Institute War Documentation 1947-1948
history teacher Ignatius College Amsterdam, 1948-1975
and Fons Vitae, Amsterdam, 1949-1951
Teacher trainer (History):University of Amsterdam, 1961-1970
State University Utrecht 1970-1983
Author (in Dutch):
* The Council of State 1588-1590 (Doct. Thesis 1954)
* The Origination of History (1985)
* Hitler the Unknown (1992, reissued 2000)
(in English):
* The Light and the Dark , 16 vols. (1986-2001)
* Mythical Eyes. History, Counter History and Myth (1998)
Member NY Academy of Sciences
Rel.: RC
Avocations: music, photography, walking, cycling
Fontaine was included by the International Biographical Centreof Cambridge in the two thousand most outstanding scholars of this century. In November 2001 he was proclaimed `international man of the year 2001` by a large international committee.
The American Biographical Institute in Raleigh (North Carolina) is preparing a publication of Great Minds of the Century. Fontaine will also be included in this book.
