Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Jan Cornelis Terlouw (born November 15, 1931) is a Dutch scientist, politician, and author. Jan Terlouw was born in Kamperveen. After high school, Terlouw studied mathematics and physics at Utrecht University. After graduating, he worked as a physics researcher in the Netherlands, the United States, and Sweden. After working for thirteen years, he became a politician, joining the Dutch Tweede Kamer (the second chamber of the Dutch legislature) as a member of the Democraten 66 political party in 1967. Terlouw acted as party leader from 1973-1982. He also wrote various children's books, notably Winter in Wartime (1976) and How to Become King (1978). Terlouw is currently married and has four children. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.