Piet de Jong (dendrologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Piet de Jong (dendrologist)

Dutch dendrologist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1938

Place of Birth: Hazerswoude, South Holland, Netherlands

Profession: botanist, dendrologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Petrus Cornelis (Piet) de Jong (born 24 March 1938 in Hazerswoude) is a Dutch dendrologist. He was the scientific director of the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens and worked as a researcher at the Station for Nursery Stock at Boskoop.
He is considered one of the world authorities on Acer, the maples.