Jan van der Hoeve, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan van der Hoeve

Dutch professor of ophthalmology

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1878

Place of Birth: Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1952

Profession: university teacher, ophthalmologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jan van der Hoeve (13 April 1878 in Santpoort – 26 April 1952 in Leiden) was a Dutch ophthalmologist.
He is recognised for his concept of the phakomatoses, often called neurocutaneous syndromes. Van der Hoeve graduated from the University of Leiden and received his doctorate at the University of Bern.
He became a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Groningen and later at the University of Leiden.
Van der Hoeve became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1923.
He was elected president of the Physical Section of the institute in 1932. Van der Hoeve made one of the earliest descriptions of Waardenburg syndrome, in 1916.