About Simon Jan van Ooststroom
Lived 1906 – 1982 (aged 76). Simon Jan van Ooststroom was a Dutch botanist and university teacher.
Simon Jan van Ooststroom (2 January 1906 in Rotterdam – 28 September 1982 in Oegstgeest) was a Dutch botanist.
Life From 1927 to 1934 Ooststroom was a research assistant of the Botanical Museum and the Herbarium in Utrecht. He was awarded his doctorate from Utrecht University in 1934. Subsequently he was first an employee and later curator of the Rijksherbarium in Leiden, now merged into the National Herbarium of the Netherlands. He retired in February 1971.
From several field trips through Europe he collected a large variety of plants. Oostroom was the author of several publications on taxonomy, mainly on Convolvulaceae, and was from 1948 to 1975 co-editor of Flora Neerlandica. He was regional adviser for the Netherlands on the Flora Europaea project.
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Dutch botanist (1906-1982)
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Simon Jan van Ooststroom was born on 2 January 1906 in Rotterdam.
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Simon Jan van Ooststroom died on 28 September 1982 in Oegstgeest.
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Simon Jan van Ooststroom was a botanist and university teacher.
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Simon Jan van Ooststroom was Dutch.
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