Peter Jan Margry

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Jan Margry
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Apr 6, 1956(1956-04-06)
Age	68
Birthplace	Breda
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Brabant
Horoscope	Aries

Peter Jan Margry Biography

Peter Jan Margry is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on April 6, 1956 in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands.

Peter Jan Margry received an MA in medieval history from the University of Amsterdam in 1983. In 1985 he finished the post-doctoral study of Archivistics in The Hague. He received his PhD in cultural history from the University of Tilburg in 2000. From 2004-2015 he was executive vice-president/secretary of SIEF, the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore, during which time he was instrumental in the regeneration of this professional organization of now mainly European and North-American ethnologists/anthropologists and folklorists. From 2010-2013 he was also chair of SIEF’s Ethnology of Religion Working Group, and continued as a board member. In 2011 he was professor of Religious Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven. He was visiting scholar/professor at the universities of California (Berkeley), Oregon (Eugene), Iceland, and Istanbul (Süleyman Sah).

After the killing of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002 he acquired the letters and mementos posted at the various spontaneous or grassroots memorials in the Netherlands for the Meertens Institute and started to publish on them as well as on ritual practices related to mourning and protest after traumatic death.

Peter Jan Margry Net Worth

Peter Jan Margry is one of the richest Historian from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Jan Margry 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Peter Jan Margry (born April 6, 1956) is a Dutch historian and European ethnologist who works at the University of Amsterdam and, since 1993, also at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences research center Meertens Institute in the Netherlands. Previously, he worked in The Hague and Den Bosch where he held positions as archivist-researcher, historian and archival inspector successively at the Dutch National Archives, the Court of Audit (Netherlands) and the Province of North-Brabant. During the 1990s he was also active as a consultant on document heritage, working in Suriname and Papua (Indonesia).

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Tamires Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Peter Jan Margry celebrates birthday on April 6 of every year.

Top Facts about Peter Jan Margry

1. Peter Jan Margry is a Dutch historian and ethnologist.
2. He was born in 1956.
3. Margry specializes in European religious culture and folklore.
4. He has published numerous books and articles on these topics.
5. Margry is a professor at the University of Amsterdam.
6. He has also served as the director of the Meertens Institute.
7. Margry has conducted extensive research on pilgrimage sites in Europe.
8. He is considered an expert on the topic of cultural heritage.
9. Margry has received several awards for his contributions to academia.
10. His work has been translated into multiple languages, including English and French.