BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• chemistry
• microbiology

Biography:
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Residence

• Pacific Grove 

Occupation

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Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Correspondent Afdeling Natuurkunde 05-06-1950

Provenance

• Niel, C.B. van, Jaarboek 1987, p. 91-94 door H. Veldkamp; Verslagen Natuurkunde 94, 1985,p. 52 door J.H. van der Waals.

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• physics
• microbiology

Biography:
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Residence

• Tucson 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Foreign Member Afd. Natuurkunde 17-06-1949

Provenance

• Wyckoff, R.W.G., Levensberichten en herdenkingen 1995, p. 93-97 door J. Drenth en A. Looijenga-Vos.

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• microbiology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Bullion 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Foreign Member Afd. Natuurkunde 20-06-1978

Provenance

• Stanier, R.Y., Verslagen Natuurkunde 91, 1982, p. 13 door D. de Wied; Jaarboek 1985, p. 190-192 door G.A. van Arkel.

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• microbiology

Biography:
Copley Medal 1953

Residence

• Delft 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 18-05-1926
• Royal Society of London
  Foreign Member 01-05-1952

Provenance

• Kluyver, A.J., Verslagen Natuurkunde 65, 1956, p. 57-60 door M.W. Woerdeman; Jaarboek 1956/57, p. 231-237 door C.B. van Niel.
• https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kluyver

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: "Bijdrage tot de morphologie der plantegallen" (Contribution to the Morphology of Plant Galls)

Highest degree: Ph.D.

Fields of interest:

• bacteriology
• microbiology

Biography:
Beijerinck was born in 1851 in Amsterdam, the son of a railway employee. He received his secondary education at the HBS in Haarlem. From 1868 to 1872, he studied chemical technology at the Delft Polytechnic School. In 1872, he and his fellow students J.H. van 't Hoff and A.A.W. Hubrecht, were exempted from an additional examination in Greek and Latin required for university study. Beijerinck studied botany at Leiden from 1872 on while working as a teacher in various schools. In 1877 he obtained his doctorate. He was awarded a "cum laude" for his dissertation "Bijdrage tot de morphologie der plantegallen" (Contribution to the Morphology of Plant Galls).

In 1884 Beijerinck became a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam. A year later he was hired as a microbiologist at the" Nederlandsche Gist- en Spiritusfabriek" (Dutch Yeast and Methylated Spirits Factory) in Delft. He received his own microbiological laboratory where he carried out many original studies, especially on the metabolism of various species of bacteria and lichens. He discovered the small nitrogen-fixing tubers at the roots of leguminous plants and a group of anaerobic bacteria that were important for the production of acetone and butyl alcohol.

In 1895 the Delft Polytechnic School appointed Beijerinck as professor of biology and bacteriology. Two years later a new microbiological laboratory, built especially for him and his students, was opened. Here Beijerinck continued his microbiological studies with great success. In 1896 he discovered the bacterium that was reponsible for the bad smell of polluted canal water in Dutch cities, he and his students did important work on the microbes that were active in acetic-acid and alcohol fermentations, and in 1898 Beijerinck was the first to postulate the existence of a filterable living principle, a 'contagium vivum fluidum', responsible for the mosaic disease in tobacco plants.

A special feature of Beijerinck's research was the application of chemical methods to research on the metabolism of micro-organisms. He used chromatographic methods and hydrodiffusion of nutrients in gelatin. Before he retired from his chair, in 1927, Beijerinck had established a program of basic research in microbiology to which he was very devoted. His originality lies in the application of micro organisms for the study of growth, variability, and evolution. He is one of the examples of the shift from the descriptive to the experimental approach in Dutch biology of the time. The results of his studies were published in many journals.

Beijerinck was a loner who cared little for personal contact with colleagues, and therefore his image was that of a scientist working in isolation. Nevertheless, his views on the aims of scientific research and its role in society matched those of his contemporaries like H. de Vries, M. Treub and F.A.F.C. Went. After Beijerinck's retirement, a number of his students, among whom his successor A.J. Kluyver, organized a campaign to bring Beijerinck's work to a wider audience. They edited his collected works, and by doing so were responsible for many honors Beijerinck received toward the end of his life. Beijerinck died in 1931, scientifically active almost to the end of his life.

Beijerinck discovered the small nitrogen-fixing tubers at the roots of leguminous plants and a group of anaerobic bacteria that were important for the production of acetone and butyl alcohol.

Residence

• Gorssel 
• Delft 

Occupation

• microbiologist at the Nederlandsche Gist- en Spiritusfabriek (Dutch Yeast and Methylated Spirits Factory) in Delft 

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 06-05-1884
• Nederlands Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres
  Member [..1890]

Provenance

• Beijerinck, M.W., Verslagen Natuurkunde 40, 1931, p. 6-12 door F.A.F.C. Went.
• Bibliografie van Biografieën van biologen, dierkundigen, kruidkundigen, plantkundigen, biohistorici, natuurbeschermers, natuurfotografen, natuurillustratoren, natuurschilders etc. voor 1950 geboren. http://www.natuurcijfers.nl/biografieen.htm
• Biografie opgenomen in History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands
• Ledenlijst Vereeniging het Nederl. Natuur- en Geneesk. Congres (1890).

Publications

• Chemosynthesis at denitrification with sulfur as source of energy Year: . Pages: 11. (PDF format)
  
• On the composition of tyrosinase from two enzymes Year: . Pages: 7. (PDF format)
  
• Variability in Bacillus prodigiosus Year: . Pages: 11. (PDF format)
  
• Pigments as products of oxidation by bacterial action Year: . Pages: 13. (PDF format)
  
• Fixation of free atmospheric nitrogen by Azotobacter in pure culture. Distribution of this bacterium Year: . Pages: 9. (PDF format)
  
• On Oligonitrophilous Bacteria Year: . Pages: 11. (PDF format)
  
• Photobacteria as a Reactive in the Investigation of the Chlorophyll-function Year: . Pages: 6. (PDF format)
  
• Ueber Gallbildung und Generationswechsel bei Cynips calicis und über die Circulansgalle Year: . Pages: 49. (PDF format)
  
• Crystallised Starch Year: . Pages: 7. (PDF format)
  
• An obligative anarerobic fermetation Sarcina Year: . Pages: 7. (PDF format)
  

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• microbiology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Jakarta 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Correspondent Afdeling Natuurkunde / (resigned) 17-05-1938 - 19-03-1947

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)
• Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1983;127:273-4 URL: https://www.ntvg.nl/system/files/publications/1983102730001a.pdf

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BIO

Dissertation: Structure and function of hemocyanin (Groningen, 1969)

Highest degree: Dr.

Fields of interest:

• molecular microbiology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

N/A

Occupation

• Hoogleraar Microbiologie 1976 - 2002 - Universiteit Groningen, Groningen

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 28-04-1997 - 2014

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)
• https://hoogleraren.ub.rug.nl/hoogleraren/1436-konings-wilhelmus-nicolaas-wil
• Levensberichten en herdenkingen 2015, 2015, Amsterdam, A.J.M. Driesen, p. 70-74

Publications

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