Johan de Jong
De Jong was born on a farm in  near Drachten. He was the eldest of three children. His father had multiple sclerose, so at young age he helped on the farm. He became a biology teacher at the Drachtster Lyceum. He was a popular teacher and often took the students outside. Next of being a teacher, he did research on barn owls. During the night he observed born owl nests. Later he used a camera with a special lens that he borrowed of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.