Eduard Daniël van Oort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Daniël van Oort

Dutch ornithologist

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1876

Place of Birth: Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1933

Profession: ornithologist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Eduard Daniël van Oort (31 October 1876 in Barneveld, Gelderland – 21 September 1933 in Leiden) was a Dutch ornithologist. Oort was in charge of the bird collections at the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden; in 1915 he was made Director of this museum, a position which he held until his death.
He was the author of Ornithologia Neerlandica, de vogels van Nederland (1922-1935), with plates by Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944).
These plates were later licensed by Harry Witherby for use in The Handbook of British Birds (1938-1941). A species of Indonesian gecko, Lepidodactylus oortii, is named in his honor.