Famous People with Name Christianus

Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck: was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist with a wide variety of research interests. His published work included books and articles on Germanic and Balto-Slavic languages, Sanskrit, Basque, and the Blackfeet language of North American Indians. He served as a lecturer at Leiden University.

Christianus Petrus Eliza Robidé Van Der Aa            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Christianus Petrus Eliza Robidé Van Der Aa: was a Dutch jurist and author.[1] He was the son of Pierre Jean Baptiste Charles van der Aa.Christianus Petrus Eliza Robidé van der Aa, born in Amsterdam October 7, 1791, was a son of Pierre Jean Baptiste Charles van der Aa and Francina Adriana Bartha van Peene. After his promotion to Doctor in both Laws on December 27, 1811, he settled in Leiden as a lawyer, in the office of his father. His father died on May 12, 1812, and on June 13, 1812, Christianus was appointed secretary to the mayor of Sneek, because of his fluency in French. On March 5, 1914, he became Secretary and schout of De Lemmer. Thereafter, he became secretary of Lemsterland. In the 1813 revolt against the Napoleonic rule, he was a Major, and during the 1815 war he joined the army as a volunteer.