Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude

Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude
Born	8 July 1788 Tiel
Died	23 December 1863 Utrecht
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation(s)	Physician, veterinarian, and zoologist and was the first director of the newly established Rijks Veterinary College

Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude (8 July 1788 in Tiel – 23 December 1863 in Utrecht) was a Dutch physician, veterinarian, and zoologist and was the first director of the newly established 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.^[1]