Jan van der Hoeven

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Jan van der Hoeven (Coll. University of Leiden)

Jan van der Hoeven (born February 9, 1801 in Rotterdam , † March 10, 1868 in Leiden ) was a Dutch naturalist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Hoeven ".

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Jan van der Hoeven (pron. Hoof) came from a wealthy Rotterdam merchant family and was the younger brother of the medical doctor Cornelis van der Hoeven . In 1819 he began studying science and medicine at the University of Leiden . He later completed further studies at the University of Utrecht , the University of Groningen and acquired the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Leiden in November 1822 with the treatise de Sceleto piscium . In the same month of his doctorate, the Leopoldinische-Carolingische Akademie accepted him as a member. Shortly afterwards he became custodian at the Reich Museum for Natural History in Leiden. In 1824 he received his doctorate with the dissertation Dissertatio pathologica inaug. de Morbis aurium auditusque as a doctor of medicine. He then completed an educational trip that took him to the Sorbonne ( Paris ), where he dealt with zoology. Returned to his homeland via Germany, he settled as a doctor in his hometown, where he also gave lectures for apprentice pharmacists.

On January 24, 1826, he was appointed by royal resolution to be an associate professor of zoology at the University of Leiden. With the position was the teaching position in natural history, anthropology, osteology, entomology and comparative anatomy. To this end, he gave his introductory speech de deligenti veritatis studio, praecipua naturae interpretis dote on April 29, 1826 . Later he was given the subjects of mineralogy and geology. After he had turned down an appointment at the University of Groningen in 1831, he was appointed full professor of natural history by royal resolution on September 7, 1835. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1842/43 . In 1858 he became chief director of the Museum of Natural History in Leiden. He was a member of numerous learned societies of his time. His membership in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1859 and his membership in the institute in 1832, as well as the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences changed in 1851, should be mentioned. He also became a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, Commander of the Swedish North Star Order and holder of the Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion .

Hoeven was married to Anna van Stolk († 1841). Only two daughters of his children survived.

reception

Van der Hoeven tried in his most important work, the handbook of dierkunde, to summarize the entire zoology physiologically and to describe it too scientifically.

Works (selection)

as an author
  • Handbook of the science . Leiden 1827–33 (3 vols., In German by Rudolf Leuckart , Leipzig 1847–56, 2 vols.)
  • Research on the history of nature and the anatomy of limaces . Leiden 1838.
  • Speaking and negotiating . Amsterdam 1846.
  • Bijdragen tot de naturlijke geschiedenis van den Negerstam . Leiden 1842.
  • Philosophia zoologica . Leiden 1864.
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Album with cartes de Visite and travelogues by Jan van der Hoeven Reisverslagen en Album de Visite van Jan van der Hoeven

personal data
SURNAME Hoeven, Jan van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1868
Place of death Suffer