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Hendricus Jacobus van der Maas
MALEAmsterdam, Netherlands 19-10-1899 - † Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands 24-02-1987
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- KNAW-Lid
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Residence
- Delft 
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- Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
Member Afd. Natuurkunde 20-05-1959
Provenance
- Maas, H.J. van der, Jaarboek 1988, p. 151-156 door W.T. Koiter.
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- Genootschaps-lid
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Pieter Glavimans was born in 1755 in Rotterdam. As a talented naval architect he started working at the Rotterdamse Admiraliteit or the Admiraliteit op de Maze as a overseer. Glavimans climbed up through the ranks quickly: only five years later he became head of the shipbuilding department (opperscheepsbouwer). In 1795, Glavimans became constructor-general of the navy, after being a member of a commission that analyzed the quality of the Dutch naval fleet. Glavimans had a central position in navy: it was his task to unify the five different admiralty's. Glavimans played an important role in naval architecture and building in the navy during the Batavian-French period in Dutch history. He did so until 1815, when he was fired after a disaster with a squadron on its way to the Mediterranean Sea in December 1814. Several ships were heavily damaged during a storm in the Channel and had to be left behind in Engeland. They were replaced by ships bought from the British. This disaster under rear-admiral Jan Tulleken ended the career of Glavimans in the navy.
Co-designed and constructed schip-sluisdeur in Medemblik, 1805.
Residence
- Amsterdam 1800~ - 1803~
Occupation
- Constructeur-Generaal Bataafsche Marine 10-06-1795, Amsterdam
- Meesterknecht 1781 - 1786 - Admiraliteit van Rotterdam, Rotterdam
- Constructeur-Generaal Koninklijke Marine 10-06-1795 - 1815, Amsterdam
- Opperscheepsbouwmeester 1786 - 1795 - Admiraliteit van Rotterdam, Rotterdam
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- Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte - Rotterdam
Member 1799 - Koninklijk Instituut, eerste klasse
Member 18-07-1808 - Commissie tot Onderzoek van de Toestand van het Materieel van de Admiraliteiten
member 26-02-1795 - Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
honorary member 1799 - 1803~ - Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
Visitor 1808
Provenance
- Glavimans, P., Verslagen Instituut Klasse I, p. 6-7 door J.F. Serrurier.
- Naamen der leden van het Gezelschap, ter beoeffening der proefondervindelijke wysbegeerte (Den Haag 1800).
- Naamen der leden van het Gezelschap, ter beoeffening der proefondervindelijke wysbegeerte (Den Haag 1803).
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Johan Hendrik Greidanus
MALEAmsterdam, Netherlands 23-08-1911 - † Amsterdam, Netherlands 01-03-1993
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- KNAW-Lid
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- Amsterdam 
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- Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
Member Afd. Natuurkunde 10-06-1970
Provenance
- Greidanus, J.H., Levensberichten en herdenkingen 1994, p. 37-42 door H. Wittenberg.
- Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederlandse Wiskundigen. http://www.bwnw.nl/