Anthonid Cornelis Oudemans

Anthonid Cornelis Oudemans was a Dutch scientist.

He wrote his dissertation on flatworms, and in 1885, was appointed director of the Royal Zoological Gardens at The Hague. [1]

1892 saw the publication of Oudeman's The Great Sea Serpent, a study of the many sea serpent reports from the world's oceans. Oudemans concluded that such creatures might be a previously unknown large seal, which he dubbed Megophias megophias. Reception of the volume has been described as respectful but "cold". Bernard Heuvelmans later suggested that The Great Sea Serpent was the root of cryptozoology.

In 1895, Oudemans left The Hague to teach biology in the city of Sneek.

External Links

• The Great Sea Serpent, on-line, free PDF file