ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes the remarkable success of Dutch scientists near the end of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by five Nobel laureates in the period 1901–1913. Some historians suggest that the key factor contributing to the sudden rise of Dutch science was the establishment of a new type of high school, called HBS, which generated unprecedented social mobility of middle-class pupils to Dutch universities. The HBS also provided a pathway for its science teachers to write a PhD thesis outside the walls of the university. Taking a core-periphery approach, we compare the effects of an HBS-background (periphery) and Royal Academy membership (core) on the recognition that Dutch professors. Consistent with core-periphery theory, we find that professors who taught at the HBS while writing their PhD – remote from university influences – made the most creative contributions to science, and also confirm that academy members were attributed more success than non-members.

摘要

本文分析了荷兰科学家在 19 世纪末取得的巨大成功，1901 年至 1913 年期间的五位诺贝尔奖获得者就是例证。一些历史学家认为，促成荷兰科学突然兴起的关键因素是建立了一种名为 HBS 的新型高中，它产生了空前的中产阶级学生到荷兰大学的社会流动性。HBS 还为其科学教师提供了在大学围墙外撰写博士论文的途径。采用核心-外围方法，我们比较了 HBS 背景（外围）和皇家学院会员资格（核心）对荷兰教授认可度的影响。与核心外围理论一致，