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The 29 pages that link to Leiden University, each with the reason it gives.

• Christiaan HuygensRelated: Huygens studied law and mathematics there.

• Hugo GrotiusRelated: Grotius studied there and developed the classical scholarship that informed his legal writing.

• LeidenBroader topic: The university has shaped the city's identity and attracted scholars for centuries.

• Maurice of NassauRelated: Maurice studied mathematics and fortification there, subjects relevant to his military practice.

• Heike Kamerlingh OnnesRelated: Onnes built the cryogenic laboratory there that enabled his landmark experiments.

• Hugo de VriesRelated: De Vries studied botany there before building his research career.

• Joseph Justus ScaligerRelated: Scaliger spent his final years there as a celebrated scholar.

• Justus LipsiusRelated: Lipsius taught there from 1579 to 1591 and produced major works on Stoicism and politics.

• University of AmsterdamRelated: Its earlier foundation offers a comparison with Amsterdam’s later university tradition.

• Herman BoerhaaveBroader topic: Boerhaave taught and practiced there, making it a major center of European medicine.

• Johan de WittRelated: De Witt studied law at Leiden, preparing for a career in Holland’s civic administration.

• Johannes Diderik van der WaalsRelated: Van der Waals studied and later taught physics there.

• Tulip maniaRelated: Clusius’s garden there became an early center of Dutch tulip cultivation.

• Pieter ZeemanRelated: Zeeman’s magnetic-field spectroscopy was carried out during his Leiden research years.

• Delft University of TechnologyCompared with: It represents a broad research-university tradition distinct from Delft’s technical specialization.

• Jan SwammerdamRelated: Swammerdam studied medicine at Leiden, where he developed his anatomical expertise.

• Nicolaas BloembergenRelated: Bloembergen studied physics there before moving to the United States.

• Nikolaas TinbergenRelated: His early academic career and formative research in ethology were rooted at Leiden.

• Paul EhrenfestRelated: Ehrenfest held the theoretical physics chair there from 1912 and made his home a center of scientific discussion.

• Utrecht UniversityCompared with: Its earlier foundation offers a direct comparison with Utrecht’s 1636 origins.

• Willem EinthovenRelated: Einthoven conducted the research there that led to his string galvanometer and electrocardiography.

• Albrecht von HallerRelated: Haller completed medical training in Leiden under the physician Herman Boerhaave.

• Johan HuizingaRelated: Huizinga held a professorship there and served as its rector.

• Julien Offray de La MettrieRelated: La Mettrie studied medicine at Leiden under the physician Herman Boerhaave.

• Thomas BrowneRelated: Browne received his medical degree there in 1633.

• Carolus ClusiusRelated: Clusius became its prefect of the botanical garden in 1593, shaping its collections and teaching.

• Mark RutteRelated: Rutte studied history there before entering business and national politics.

• Peter ArtediRelated: Artedi worked in Leiden when he and Linnaeus prepared their natural-history studies.

• Martinus J. G. VeltmanRelated: Veltman held an early research position there before moving to CERN.