Category:Gideon Jan Verdam

**Gideon Jan Verdam**
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Date of birth	2 December 1802, 2 November 1802; Mijdrecht
Date of death	29 October 1866; Leiden
Educated at	Leiden University;
Doctoral advisor	Jacob de Gelder (1825, first doctoral advisor); Simon Speijert van der Eijk;
Doctoral student	David Bierens de Haan (1847); Pieter van Geer (1862); Carel Johan Emerentius Brutel de la Rivière; Bartoldus Meilink; Eliza van der Ven;
Occupation	mathematician; physicist; university teacher;
Employer	University of Groningen; Leiden University; Leiden University (Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Dutch extraordinary professor, 1839–); Leiden University (Dutch ordinary professor, 1845–1866); University of Groningen (Faculty of Science and Engineering, lector, 1826–1828);
Member of	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences;
Position held	rector magnificus of Leiden University;
Field of work	mathematics; physics;
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	Q15445490; ISNI: 000000011266489X; VIAF ID: 164256840; GND ID: 172667321; Library of Congress authority ID: n88056100; Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID: 10482184; NL CR AUT ID: av20241221400; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070369690; NUKAT ID: n2005104673; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA07239400; Open Library ID: OL5981279A, OL5981262A; Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren author ID: verd021; Mathematics Genealogy Project ID: 73985
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Gideon Jan Verdam (Mijdrecht, 2 december 1801 - Leiden, 29 oktober 1866) was een Nederlands wiskundige en hoogleraar wiskunde aan de Universiteit Leiden, en rector magnificus van de universiteit in 1852-1853.