BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• medicine
• embryology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Ukkel 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Foreign Member Afd. Natuurkunde 05-06-1950

Provenance

• Dalcq, A.M., Verslagen Natuurkunde 82, 1973, p. 170 door P.J. Gaillard; Jaarboek 1973, p. 197-200 door Chr.P. Raven.

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• natural history
• geography
• embryology
• entomology

Biography:
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer was an Estonian naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, one of the founding fathers of embryology, explorer of European Russia and Scandinavia, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the Russian Geographical Society, and the first President of the Russian Entomological Society.

Residence

• Dorpat 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Foreign Member Afd. Natuurkunde 04-05-1875

Provenance

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ernst_von_Baer
• Encyclopedia of time: science, philosophy, theology, & culture. H James Birx, Los Angeles, Sage, 2009

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: doctor

Fields of interest:

• zoology
• anatomy
• embryology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Groningen 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 12-05-1893
• Nederlands Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres
  Member [..1890]

Provenance

• Wijhe, J.W. van, Verslagen Natuurkunde 44, 1935, p. 40-42 door J. van der Hoeve.
• Ledenlijst Vereeniging het Nederl. Natuur- en Geneesk. Congres (1890).

Publications

• On the Metamorphosis of Amphioxus lanceolatus Year: . Pages: 11. (PDF format)
  
• A simple and rapid method for preparing neutral Pikro-carmine Year: . Pages: 6. (PDF format)
  
• On the temporary Presence of the primary Mouth-opening in the Larva of Amphioxus, and the Occurrence of three postoral Papillae, which are probably homologous with those of the Larva of Ascidians Year: . Pages: 10. (PDF format)
  
• On the existence of cartilaginous vertebrae in the development of the skull of birds Year: . Pages: 5. (PDF format)
  
• A new Method for demonstrating cartilaginous Mikroskeletons Year: . Pages: 5. (PDF format)
  
• Thymus, spiracular sense organ and fenestra vestibuli (ovalis) in a 63 m.m. long embryo of Heptanchus cinereus Year: . Pages: 18. (PDF format)
  
• On the Anatomy of the Larva of Amphioxus lanceolatus and the Explanation of its Asymmetry Year: . Pages: 12. (PDF format)
  
• On Laevicolica and Dextricolica in Tunicates Year: . Pages: 10. (PDF format)
  
• Die Terminalbeuge des Vorderhirns bei den Chordaten und die prootischen Nerven der Kranioten bei Amphioxus. II. Schluss des Riechorgans Year: . Pages: 18. (PDF format)
  
• On the Nervus Terminalis from man to Amphioxus Year: . Pages: 13. (PDF format)
  

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BIO

Dissertation: Aanteekeningen over de anatomie, histologie en ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van eenige Nemertinen

Highest degree: doctor

Fields of interest:

• zoology
• embryology

Biography:
Hubrecht was the son of the secretary- general of the Department of the Interior. His father came from an old patrician family, while his mother was related to the professorial family Van der Hoeven. From 1865 to 1869 Hubrecht attended the local HBS. In 1869 he enrolled at the Delft Polytechnic School, but a year later he transferred to the University of Utrecht to study biology. Among his teachers were F.C. Donders and P. Harting. In the academic year 1873-1874 Hubrecht studied at Leiden under E. Selenka, and later in Heidelberg under C. Gegenbaur.
Hubrecht received his Ph.D. under Halting on a study of the anatomy, histology and development of the worm group Nemerteans (Aanteekeningen over de anatomie, histologie en ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van eenige Nemertinen [Utrecht, 1874]), based on collections at the Zoological Station in Naples, where he was the first Dutch student. Later studies on the anatomy and development of these worms (1875-1889) led him as a convinced Darwinian to speculate on the phylogenetic relationship between the Nemerteans and vertebrates. From 1875 to 1882 Hubrecht was curator of fishes at the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden. In 1878 he married Johanna Maria Molewater with whom he had two sons.
In 1882 Hubrecht succeeded Harting as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Utrecht. Although he recognized his obligation to cover comparative physiology, Hubrecht had little interest in this area. Instead, he now began a series of studies on comparative embryology with the aim of seeking evidence for phylogenetic relationships between various organisms. In 1890 and 1891 Hubrecht traveled through the Dutch East Indies and built a large embryological collection, especially of insectivores (which were considered to be the most promising mammals for the study of mammalian phylogenesis) and lemuroid primates. Although Hubrecht's skills as embryologist were highly esteemed, his rather speculative theory of the phylogenetic derivation of mammals directly from amphibians met criticism in his later years. Hubrecht summarized his ideas in the Princeton lectures published as The Descent of the Primates (New York: Scribner, 1897) and Die Säugestierontogenese in ihrer Bedeutung für die Phylogenie der Wirbeltiere (Jena: Fischer, 1909).
Hubrecht resigned his chair in 1910 (and was succeeded by H.F. Nierstrasz) in favor of a specially created extraordinary professorship in comparative embryology that he held until his death in 1915. The Institut International d'Embryologie was founded by him in 1911. In 1912 and 1914 Hubrecht traveled in Algeria and the rest of Africa respectively, to collect embryos.
Hubrecht was active in many other fields of education and science. He was one of the moving forces in the Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (Dutch Zoological Society) and established a permanent Zoological Station in Den Helder that was opened in 1890 (now NIOZ, Texel, Dutch Institute for Marine Research). Hubrecht had a life-long interest in fishery. He showed his interest in colonial science by his membership of the Maatschappij ter Bevordering van het Natuurkundig Onderzoek der Nederlandsche Koloniën (Society for the promotion of natural scientific research in the Dutch colonies, commonly known as the 'Treub Maatschappij') and by his share in the preparation of the Siboga expedition, and expeditions to Borneo and New Guinea. Hubrecht was involved in the improvement of secondary education and the introduction of Middle European Time in the Netherlands. He wrote many articles in De Gids, a leading cultural and literary journal of which he was one of the editors.
Hubrecht was a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected in 1883) and of many foreign scientific societies and academies. In recognition of his embryological work, he received six doctorates honoris causa.

Residence

• Utrecht 

Occupation

• conservator van de afdeling vissen 1875 - 1882 - Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - Leiden, Leiden
• hoogleraar in de zoölogie en vergelijkende anatomie 1882 - 1910 - Universiteit Utrecht
• buitengewoon hoogleraar in de vergelijkende embryologie 1910 - 1915 - Universiteit Utrecht

Education

• student 1869 - 1870 - Polytechnische School Delft
• zoology student 1870, Utrecht

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 27-04-1883
• Nederlands Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres
  Member [..1890]
• Koninklijke Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereniging
  President 1888 - 1898

Provenance

• Hubrecht, A.A.W., Verslagen Natuurkunde 23, 1914-1915, p. 1175-1179 door H.A. Lorentz.
• Ledenlijst Vereeniging het Nederl. Natuur- en Geneesk. Congres (1890).
• P. Smit, 'Hubrecht, Ambrosius Arnold Willem (1853-1915)', in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. URL:http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn1/hubrecht [12-11-2013].

Publications

• On the Gastrulation and the formation of the Mesoblast in Mammals Year: . Pages: 2. (PDF format)
  
• Furchung und Keimblattbildung bei Tarsius Spectrum Year: . Pages: 126. (PDF format)
  
• Haematopoiesis in the placenta of Tarsius and other mammals Year: . Pages: 5. (PDF format)
  
• Die Phylogenese des Amnions und die Bedeutung des Trophoblastes Year: . Pages: 71. (PDF format)
  
• On the formation of red blood-corpuscles in the placenta of the flying maki.(Galeopithecus) Year: . Pages: 7. (PDF format)
  
• De placentatie van de spitsmuis (sorex vulgaris L) Year: . Pages: 67. (PDF format)
  
• On the relationship of various invertebrate phyla Year: . Pages: 9. (PDF format)
  
• The Eutherian and the Metaherian early blastocyst Year: . Pages: 9. (PDF format)
  

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• embryology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Sankt Petersburg 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Foreign Member Afd. Natuurkunde 02-05-1896

Provenance

• Ledenlijst in: De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008. Kaa, D.J. vam de, Roo, Y. de. KNAW Press (2008)

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments
• optics
• natural philosophy
• embryology

Biography:
Optical instrument maker and natural philosopher, who invented the screw-barrel simple microscope in circa 1694. First to observe spermicide through a microscope. Hartsoeker worked most of his life in France. In 1699, when he returned to the Dutch Republic, he was elected member of the Academie Royale des Sciences and in 1704 of the Königlich-Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften, in both cases as one of the first foreign members. When Czar Peter the Great visited Amsterdam, he was offered the chair of mathematics in St Petersburg. Hartsoeker rejected this offer, but later, in 1704, Hartsoeker accepted the position of "first mathematician and honorary professor of philosophy" at the University of Heidelberg, offered to him by Johann Wilhelm, Elector the Palatine. He returned to the Netherlands around 1720. The last years of his life were spent in Utrecht.

Collections: Museum Boerhaave Leiden, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht.

Residence

• Paris 1678
• Heidelberg 1704 - 1716
• Paris 1684 - 1698
• Amsterdam 1677 - 1678
• Rotterdam 1698
• Utrecht 1720~ - 1725

Occupation

• Honorary Professsor of Philosophy  - University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
• physicist, astronomer and instrument maker 1678 - 1725

Education

• student 1675 - 1678 - Universiteit Leiden

Membership

• Académie Royale des Sciences
  Foreign member 1699
• Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  Member 

Provenance

• Hartsoeker, N., Essai de Dioptrique (Parijs 1694)
• Hartsoeker, N., Principes de Physique (Parijs 1696)
• Hartsoeker, N., Conjectures Physiques (Amsterdam 1707) + several later additions
• Hartsoeker, N., Recueil de plusieurs pièces de Physique où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Newton (Utrecht 1722)
• Bibliotheca Hartsoekeriana, sive Catalogus librorum quae collegit Nic. Hartsoeker. Librorum auctio publica fiet ad diem 16 Juni 1727 et seqq (1727).
• Rooseboom, M., Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).
• Harting, P., Het mikroskoop : deszelfs gebruik, geschiedenis en tegenwoordige toestand; een handboek voor natuur- en geneeskundigen, vol. III (Utrecht 1850).
• Harting, P., Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis der mikroskopen in ons vaderland (Utrecht 1846).
• Fournier, M., Early microscopes : a descriptive catalogue (Leiden 2003).
• Wielema, M.R. ' Nicolaas Hartsoeker (1656-1725): van mechanisme naar vitalisme', in: Gewina 15 (1992), 234-261.
• Clay, S. and H. Court, The history of the microscope: compiled from original instruments and documents, up to the introduction of the achromatic microscope (London 1932).
• Cittert, P. van, Geschiedenis van de verzameling antieke instrumenten van het Natuurkundig Laboratorium der Rijks Universiteit en van het Natuurkundig Gezelschap (Utrecht 1929).
• Zuidervaart, H.J. ‘The ‘invisible technician’ made visible. Telescope making in the seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Dutch Republic’ in: Alison D. Morrison-Low [et al] (eds.), From Earth-Bound to Satellite. Telescopes, Skills and Networks (Leiden/Boston: Brill 2012), 41-102.

Publications

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