KleiwegdeZwaanJP

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Kleiweg de Zwaan, Johannes Pieter

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: 1875, The Hague, Holland. Died: 1971, Blaricum, N.H., Netherlands.

career:

Studied medicine at Leiden, Amsterdam, Paris, and Berlin and took his Dr’s degree in 1908;¹ successively University Lecturer in Medical Social History, honorary Professor of Anthropology and Medicine on behalf of the Colonial (= Indian) Institute (Amsterdam); and since 1924 Professor (previously Extraordinary) of Anthropology and Prehistory.

Collecting localities:

1907. Tour in Central Sumatra,¹ Java, Bali and Lombok (for itiner. in Sumatra cf. sub A. Maass).-1910. P. Nias, W of Sumatra (early in the year).²

collections:
Herb. Kol. (= Ind.) Inst. Amsterdam: herbarium + material in alcohol of Sumatra plants (pres. 1909).

In his book on Nias,² he mentions to have made a botanical collection there, which was brought back to Holland for identification;³ the present location not known.

The Sumatra collection was identified by Greshoff and Hallier; it mainly consisted of incomplete material of medicinal plants.

literature:

(1) J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan: ‘Bijdrage tot de anthropologie der Menangkabau-Maleiers’ (Thesis, Amsterdam 1908, w. plts).
(2) J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan: ‘Die Insel Nias bei Sumatra’ (Haag 1913-15, 2 vols).
(3) cf. ‘Die Insel Nias etc.’ l.c. 1, 1913, p. 3.

biographical data:

Wie is dat? 1935, p. 196.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Kleiweg de Zwaan, Johannes Pieter
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: 1875, The Hague, Holland. Died: 1971, Blaricum, N.H., Netherlands.
	career: Studied medicine at Leiden, Amsterdam, Paris, and Berlin and took his Dr’s degree in 1908;¹ successively University Lecturer in Medical Social History, honorary Professor of Anthropology and Medicine on behalf of the Colonial (= Indian) Institute (Amsterdam); and since 1924 Professor (previously Extraordinary) of Anthropology and Prehistory.
	Collecting localities: 1907. Tour in Central Sumatra,¹ Java, Bali and Lombok (for itiner. in Sumatra cf. sub A. Maass).-1910. P. Nias, W of Sumatra (early in the year).²
	collections: Herb. Kol. (= Ind.) Inst. Amsterdam: herbarium + material in alcohol of Sumatra plants (pres. 1909). In his book on Nias,² he mentions to have made a botanical collection there, which was brought back to Holland for identification;³ the present location not known. The Sumatra collection was identified by Greshoff and Hallier; it mainly consisted of incomplete material of medicinal plants.
	literature: (1) J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan: ‘Bijdrage tot de anthropologie der Menangkabau-Maleiers’ (Thesis, Amsterdam 1908, w. plts). (2) J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan: ‘Die Insel Nias bei Sumatra’ (Haag 1913-15, 2 vols). (3) cf. ‘Die Insel Nias etc.’ l.c. 1, 1913, p. 3.
	biographical data: Wie is dat? 1935, p. 196.