Cornelis Johannes Vos
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Vos was born one of nine children[2] of Jacob Albert Vos and Jacoba Maria de Joncheere. His father was a Reformed pastor in Montfoort, became pastor in Zaltbommel on 26 June 1768, and was Professor of Theology at Utrecht University from 4 December 1769, to 20 January 1794.[3] Vos matriculated at this university in 1788[4] and received his medical doctorate on 11 June 1789.[5]
Around 1791, he was a physician in The Hague.[7] In 1792, he was awarded the Cothenius Medal[6] from the Imperial Academy of Natural Scientists (Leopoldina) for a paper on the "Über den richtigen Begriff und die zweckmäßige Behandlung der Krankheiten der ersten Wege" (On the correct terminology and appropriate treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract)[7]