Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans [SEP] place of death
Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans
Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans (Amsterdam, December 16, 1827 – Utrecht, December 14, 1906) was a Dutch astronomer. He was the director of the Utrecht Observatory from 1875 until 1898, when he retired.
Born in Amsterdam, as the son of the poet, teacher and philologist Anthonie Oudemans Sr., he entered Leiden University when he was just 16 as a student of the noted astronomer Frederik Kaiser. He became a high school teacher in Leiden when he was just 19 (1846
Oudemans
Oudemans may refer to:
- Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858–1943), a Dutch zoologist
- Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans (1827–1906), a Dutch astronomer
- Oudemans (crater), a crater on Mars named after Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans