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Gerrit Hendrik ten Bruggencate

Male 1883 - 1963  (79 years)


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  • Name Gerrit Hendrik ten Bruggencate 
    Birth 14 Apr 1883  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 14 Mar 1921  Sappemeer, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    director der Rijks H.B.S., to 1 Feb 1930 
    Occupation 01 Mar 1930  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    director der Rijks H.B.S., to 1 Sep 1948 
    Reference Number 44368 
    Death 17 Feb 1963  Katwijk, ZH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44368  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2010 

    Father Karel ten Bruggencate,   b. 28 Nov 1849, Stad Almelo, OV, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1922, Zeist, UT, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Henriette Cornelie Vorderman,   b. 25 Jun 1857, Hoorn, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1888, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 15 Apr 1879  Hoorn, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grietje Siebes Overdiep,   b. 22 Jul 1880, Benedenknijpe, Schoterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Jul 1961, Katwijk, ZH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 06 Oct 1911  's-Gravenhage, ZH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marijke Henriette ten Bruggencate,   b. 24 Dec 1915   d. 08 Jun 1991 (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F20338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Ph.D. from Kapteijn Astronomical Institute at University of Groningen with thesis on "Spectral Classes of 700 stars near the north pole"
    • supervised the Doumaleen beneficiant exams along with S. van der Meer, "rector van het Gereformeerd Gymnasium"
    • supervised the Doumaleen beneficiant exams along with S. van der Meer, "rector van het Gereformeerd Gymnasium"
    • "gaf ook les in cosmografie aan de Middelbare school voor meisjes" [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S186] Bruggencate.

    2. [S167] Martha Kist, Doumaleen te Oldeboorn, (Uitgerverij Verloren, Postbus 1741, 1200 BS Hilversum, 2008), p. 164.


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