Hooft

British  

/ hoːft /

noun

1. Pieter Corneliszoon (ˈpiːtər kɔrˈnɛːlisoːn). 1581–1647, Dutch poet, historian, and writer: noted esp for his love poetry and his 27-volume History of the Netherlands (1626–47)

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Example Sentences

His quantum mechanics work was “useful after all,” he says, because he persuaded Nobel Prize–winning physicist Gerard ’t Hooft to sign, which generated headlines.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2023

Based on some of the peculiar characteristics of black holes, ’t Hooft and Susskind suspected that the properties of a region of space might be fully “encoded” by its boundary.

From Scientific American • Jan. 18, 2022

He later became a member of the faculty, where he supervised the work of ’t Hooft.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021

And the larger tech firms themselves might get in on the action: “A lot of the tech companies have a lot of cash and they have to do something with it,” said Hooft.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2015

Soon after being appointed Judge of Muiden, Hooft had rebuilt the old castle; and now it stood, a romantic structure, crowned with turrets and towers.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den