Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude
Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude was a Dutch physician, veterinarian, and zoologist and was the first director of the newly established :nl:Rijks Veterinary College|Rijks Veterinary College where Veterinary medicine was first taught in the Netherlands in late 1821. His primary contribution to science was the collecting of specimens.Life and career
Theodoor Gerard was born as the son of a mayor, Cornelis Philip van Lidth de Jeude and his wife Anna Margaretha van Ee. He studied philosophy and medicine at the Universities of Utrecht and Leiden from 1806. Subsequently, he worked as a physician at a hospital in Utrecht. In 1815, he became Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the Athaneum in Harderwijk. In 1819, he became adjunct professor of animal science at the Utrecht University.
In 1820, he became professor of veterinary medicine and director of the Veterinary School in Utrecht, where he started in 1821 and taught until 1851. He was also a professor of zoology and became Rector of his alma mater in 1833/34. Lidt de Jeude retired in October 1858 and died five years later.
