Huizinga, Johan, HOY zihng ah, yoh HAHN (1872-1945), was a noted Dutch historian. He was especially interested in portraying the spirit of an entire age or civilization. His fame rests on the range and quality of his writings and on his ability to capture the very flavor of life. Huizinga's most famous work, The Waning of the Middle Ages (1919), is a study of life in the Netherlands during the 1300's and 1400's.