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In 1994 Versnel became professor ''ordinarius'' and the chair of the Ancient History section of the department, and in 1997 he was made a member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4925 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116003526/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4925 |title=Henk Versnel |language=en |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=16 January 2021}}] In 1998–1999, he held the [[Sather Professorship of Classical Literature]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. A revised version of his Sather Lectures, dealing with ancient Greek conceptions of the gods, was published in 2011 as ''Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology''.[{{Cite web|url=https://dagrs.berkeley.edu/people/sather-professor/past-future-professors/1913-2001|title=Past and Future Professors, 1913–2001|website=University of California, Berkeley: Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies|access-date=1 December 2025}}][{{cite book |last=Versnel |first=H. S. |date=2011 |title=Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology |url= |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004204904 |access-date=}}] |
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In 1994 Versnel became professor ''ordinarius'' and the chair of the Ancient History section of the department, and in 1997 he was made a member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].[{{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4925 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116003526/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4925 |title=Henk Versnel |language=en |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=16 January 2021}}] In 1998–1999, he held the [[Sather Professorship of Classical Literature]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. A revised version of his Sather Lectures, dealing with ancient Greek conceptions of the gods, was published in 2011 as ''Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology''.[{{Cite web|url=https://dagrs.berkeley.edu/people/sather-professor/past-future-professors/1913-2001|title=Past and Future Professors, 1913–2001|website=University of California, Berkeley: Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies|access-date=1 December 2025}}][{{cite book |last=Versnel |first=H. S. |date=2011 |title=Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology |url= |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004204904 |access-date=}}] |
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He retired from his Leiden professorship in 2000.[{{Cite book|editor-last=Horstmanshoff|editor-first=Herman F. J.|title=Kykeon: Studies in honour of H. S. Versnel|publisher=Brill|date=2002|isbn=9789004119833}}] In 2005, he was made an honorary doctor of the [[University of Heidelberg]].[{{Cite book|editor-last1=Beerden|editor-first1=Kim|editor-last2=Naerebout|editor-first2=Fritz|title=Coping with Versnel: a roundtable on religion and magic in honour of the 80th birthday of Henk S. Versnel|publisher=Brill|date=2023|isbn=9789004538443|page=ix}}] In 2021, he was awarded the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]]. |
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He retired from his Leiden professorship in 2000.[{{Cite book|editor-last=Horstmanshoff|editor-first=Herman F. J.|title=Kykeon: Studies in honour of H. S. Versnel|publisher=Brill|date=2002|isbn=9789004119833}}] In 2005, he was made an honorary doctor of the [[University of Heidelberg]].[{{Cite book|editor-last1=Beerden|editor-first1=Kim|editor-last2=Naerebout|editor-first2=Fritz|title=Coping with Versnel: a roundtable on religion and magic in honour of the 80th birthday of Henk S. Versnel|publisher=Brill|date=2023|isbn=9789004538443|page=ix}}] In 2021, he was made a Knight of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]].[>][{{Cite web|url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2021/10/emeritus-hoogleraar-henk-versnel-koninklijk-onderscheiden|title=Emeritus hoogleraar Henk Versnel koninklijk onderscheiden|website=Leiden University|date=12 October 2021|access-date=21 April 2026}}> ] |
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He died in [[Leiderdorp]] on 7 February 2025, the day on which Leiden University celebrated its 450th anniversary.[{{Cite web|last=Versnel|first=Hadewych|title=Hendrik Simon Versnel|website=LinkedIn|date=15 February 2025|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hadewych-versnel-4b0ba84_activity-7296405607958364160-1QVJ|access-date=1 December 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p067607063|title=Versnel, Hendrik Simon (1936–2025)|website=National Library of the Netherlands|access-date=3 December 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/02/in-memoriam-prof-dr-henk-versnel|website=Leiden University|title=In memoriam: Prof.dr. Henk Versnel (1936–2025)|date=17 February 2025|access-date=1 December 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/450-law/events/dies-natalis-leiden-university|title=Dies natalis Leiden University|access-date=1 December 2025}}] |
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He died in [[Leiderdorp]] on 7 February 2025, the day on which Leiden University celebrated its 450th anniversary.[{{Cite web|last=Versnel|first=Hadewych|title=Hendrik Simon Versnel|website=LinkedIn|date=15 February 2025|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hadewych-versnel-4b0ba84_activity-7296405607958364160-1QVJ|access-date=1 December 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p067607063|title=Versnel, Hendrik Simon (1936–2025)|website=National Library of the Netherlands|access-date=3 December 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2025/02/in-memoriam-prof-dr-henk-versnel|website=Leiden University|title=In memoriam: Prof.dr. Henk Versnel (1936–2025)|date=17 February 2025|access-date=1 December 2025}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/450-law/events/dies-natalis-leiden-university|title=Dies natalis Leiden University|access-date=1 December 2025}}] |
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