{{Short description|Dutch historian and psychologist}} {{for|the Belgian Olympic rower|Harry Peeters (rower)}} '''Henricus Franciscus Maria (Harry) Peeters''' (3 October 1931 – 17 November 2012) was a Dutch historian and psychologist, Emeritus Professor of Historical Psychology at the Tilburg University, and founder dean of the TIAS School for Business and Society (TIAS) in 1982 and for his work on European historical psychology.<ref>Carl F. Graumann, Kenneth J. Gergen (2006) ''Historical Dimensions of Psychological Discourse''. p. 11</ref>
== Biography == Born in Venray, Peeters received his MA in history and psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen. A renowned professor at the university was Jan Hendrik van den Berg, who had stated that in history children, were regarded as little adults. Peeters questioned this, and won a scholarship to do PhD research in Paris. Back in Nijmegen in 1966 he received his PhD with the thesis entitled "Kind en jeugdige in het begin van de moderne tijd (ca. 1500-ca.1650)".<ref name="BB 2012">[http://www.brabantbokaal.nl/index.php/de-hoeders/harry-peeters Harry Peeters (1931–2012) brengt Erasmus terug naar Hertogdom Brabant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201316/http://www.brabantbokaal.nl/index.php/de-hoeders/harry-peeters |date=2015-06-10 }} at Brabantbokaal.nl. 2012. Accessed 6 October 2013.</ref>
After graduation Peeters worked as a history teacher and in industry for some years. Early 1970s he jointed the faculty of the Tilburg University, to facilitate the newly initiated psychology study. In 1972 he was appointed Professor of Historical Psychology. At the Tilburg University with industry funding, he founded the Tilburg Institute of Advanced Studies (since 2014 TIAS School for Business and Society)<ref name="BB 2012"/> for postgraduate management education, which he chaired until his retirement in 1996.
In 2011 Peeters was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau.<ref>[http://uvtapp.uvt.nl/fsw/spits.npc.new_layout?v_newsletter_id=3945403531274079 Harry Peeters (81) overleden]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''TSB Newsletter'', 22-11-2012.</ref>
==Selected publications== Peeters authored and co-authored several publications.<ref>[https://opc-kb.oclc.org/DB=1/SET=1/TTL=6/REL?PPN=068403151 Peeters, H.F.M. (Henricus Franciscus Maria)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216023046/http://opc4.kb.nl/DB=1/SET=1/TTL=6/REL?PPN=068403151 |date=2019-12-16 }} List of publications at National Library of the Netherlands.</ref> * 1966. ''Kind en jeugdige in het begin van de moderne tijd. Ca 1500-ca 1650''. Doctoral thesis, Radboud University Nijmegen. * 1978. ''Historische gedragswetenschap. Een bijdrage tot de studie van menselijk gedrag op lange termijn''. Meppel : Boom. * 1988. ''Vijf eeuwen gezinsleven: liefde, huwelijk en opvoeding in Nederland''. With Lène Dresen-Coenders and Ton Brandenburg. * 1994. ''Hoe veranderlijk is de mens. Een inleiding in de historische psychologie''. * 1996. ''Psychology: the historical dimension.'' Tilburg : Syntax Publishers * 1997. ''Europe in transition''. With Mario Tonveronachi eds. Tilburg : Tilburg University Press
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== External links == * {{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201316/http://www.brabantbokaal.nl/index.php/de-hoeders/harry-peeters Harry Peeters (1931–2012) brengt Erasmus terug naar Hertogdom Brabant]
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