Vervoort, Willem |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II) |
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Born: 1917, Schiedam, Netherlands. |
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Zoologist, educated at Leiden University (M.Sc. 1941, Ph.D. 1946); from 1940-46, 1948-50, and since 1959 on the staff of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie at Leiden; from 1946-48 biologist in the employ of the Dutch Society for Whale-fishery, and from 1950 Teacher in Descriptive Zoology, Zoological Laboratory, University Leiden. In 1972 appointed Director of the Natural History Museum at Leiden. In October 1973 Extra-Ordinary Professor. He accompanied the Dutch New Guinea Expedition to the Sterrengebergte in 1959. Some scientific papers on the zoological results of the expedition will be published in due time. |
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1959. Biak (Schouten I.); N. Dutch New Guinea: Hollandia; Centr. Dutch New Guinea: Ok Sibil and other localities in the Sterrengebergte, e.g. Tenmasigin (c. 1800 m). |
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Plants collected with Dr A.G. de Wilde were added to the collections of C. Kalkman, and Dr B.O. van Zanten (see those); in Herb. Leiden [L], and Groningen [now in L]. |