Jan Kip | |
Birth: | 18 March 1851 Dreischor, Zeeland, Netherlands |
Death: | 21 November 1958 Dreischor, Zeeland, Netherlands |
Age: | 107 years, 248 days |
Country: | NED |
Centenarian |
Jan "Opa" Kip (18 March 1851 – 21 November 1958) was a Dutch centenarian who was the oldest known man in the Netherlands and Europe at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Jan Kip was born in Dreischor, Zeeland, Netherlands on 18 March 1851. He had at least one daughter (aged 62 in 1956).
He became the oldest known living man in the Netherlands following the death of 103 year-old Keimpe Nijdam on 15 May 1954. He became the oldest known living man in Europe following the death of 108 year-old Norwegian Mathias Hansen Saether on 7 January 1957.
Jan Kip died in Dreischor, Zeeland, Netherlands on 21 November 1958 at the age of 107 years, 248 days. Following his death, then-106-year-old Willem Kostering became the oldest known living man in the Netherlands and Europe.
References[]
- 105 jaar Opa Kip (1956) YouTube
- Opa Kip (106) voor het eerst in Amsterdam, Trouw, 5 April 1957, via Delpher
- Opa Kip (107) gestorven, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 22 november 1958, via Delpher
Netherlands's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Jannes Reiling • Hendrikus van Horsen • Petrus Bartelen • Keimpe Nijdam • Jan Kip • Wilhelmus Kostering • Willem van der Hulst • Marinus Wolffensberger • Johannes Hesseling • Jacob Hazewinkel • Willem Wels • Andre Beekman • Watze Watzema • Henri van Dooren • Cornelis Bredijk • Huibert Prins • Hendrikus Verhoeven • Johannes van der Hoeven • Marcus Faasse • Gerrit van der Horst • Martin Hendrix • Hendrik Nessen • Pieter Zandee • Johannes Rijstenbil • Arthur Notte • Johannes Linning • Gerardus Boomaerts • Jan Nijenhuis • Dirk van der Kooij • Pieter Zaaijer • Albert Geerlings • Jan Machiel Reyskens • Cornelis Jansen • Hendrikus de Bijl • Johannes van Capel • Reinier Pelgrom • Jan de Winter • Frits Rijkens • Jan Pieter Bos • Frits Botterblom • Henri Timmermans • Joop Rosbach • Ko de Lavoir • Jan Voogt Pzn • Jan van der Giessen • Adrianus van der Vaart • Jos Wijnant • Cornelis Geurtz • Gerard Helders • Arie Vermeulen • Tjeerd Epema • Serop Mirzoyan • Floor van Cleemputte • Wim Hendriks • Jacob Berg • Dirk van der Noen • Jan Willem van de Kamp • Eelke Bakker • John Huang |