Arnold Verruijt

Arnold Verruijt was born in 1940 in Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, and was educated at the Delft University of Technology, where he later was a professor of soil mechanics, until 2002, when he retired.

He published many papers and several books on groundwater flow and soil mechanics, usually with an emphasis on theoretical solutions of engineering problems. His main research interests are the development of analytical and numerical solution methods, such as the complex variable method and the finite element method.

He also acted as a consultant on engineering projects, mainly in The Netherlands, such as tunnels, river embankments and storm surge barriers.

One of his other interests is to browse in bookshops all over the world. In this way he assembled a collection of books by Lewis Carroll in various languages, some of which he can read.