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Willem van Eelen (Willem Frederik van Eelen) was born on 4 July, 1923 in Dutch East Indies, is a Dutch researcher and businessperson. Discover Willem van Eelen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Willem Frederik van Eelen
Occupation Researcher, businessperson
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 4 July, 1923
Birthday 4 July
Birthplace Dutch East Indies
Date of death 24 February, 2015
Died Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch East Indies

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1923

Willem Frederik van Eelen (4 July 1923 – 24 February 2015) was a Dutch researcher and businessperson, who pioneered the creation and development of cultured meat.

He is recognized as one of the "godfathers of cultured meat".

Van Eelen was born in the Dutch East Indies in 1923, the son of a doctor.

He served in the army in Indonesia during the Second World War.

Following the loss of the Dutch colony to the Japanese, Van Eelen was captured and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner.

His experiences of cruelty and hardship in multiple prisoner of war camps informed his later perception of the world.

Van Eelen studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam after the war and after attending a lecture on the preservation of meat, he came up with the idea of growing meat outside the body, in a laboratory.

Van Eelen was not a vegetarian, but cared strongly about the way that animals are treated and felt that "[g]rowing meat without inflicting pain seemed a natural solution."

Following his graduation, Van Eelen attended medical school where he connected with research scientists and biologists in the hope of developing his idea into reality.

Van Eelen dropped out after one of his tutors said that if he was serious about his idea, he would need to raise money to fund research.

He ran a succession of restaurants and art galleries, with his wife, and they saved whatever spare money they had, to put towards the development of his idea.

1990

By the 1990s, with the help of several investors, Van Eelen raised US$750000.

1994

His first patent was filed in 1994, with several more following.

2014

In 2014, Van Eelen suffered a stroke and was hospitalized.

2015

He died in 2015, at the age of 91.