Marinus Boeseman
Marinus Boeseman (born June 22, 1916 in Enkhuizen , † July 14, 2006 ) was a Dutch ichthyologist .
Since he was artistically gifted, he considered studying art after completing his school days, but made a decision and began studying biology at the University of Leiden in 1935 .
As a student he published his first work on the behavior of bitterlings (Rhodeus sericeus) together with one of his lecturers . Before starting his doctoral thesis, he examined the Japanese fish described by Heinrich Bürger and Philipp Franz von Siebold as part of a research project at the Rijksmuseum voor Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden, and wrote his doctoral thesis on it in 1943.
At times Boeseman worked in the entomological department of the RMNH, where he dealt intensively with the earwigs (Dermaptera).
Due to his work as an underground fighter against the Nazi regime, which had remained undiscovered for a long time, Boeseman was arrested and spent the time until 1945 in the Dachau concentration camp. This period also left traces on his health, so that he was only able to defend his doctoral thesis, submitted in 1943, in 1947. His doctoral thesis, in which all the exhibits of the Japanese ichthyofauna available to the RMNH were compared and described, developed into a standard work, yet Boeseman later called it "the sin of my youth [...] which I wrote when I thought I knew everything. "
As a curator of the ichthyological department of the University of Leiden, he undertook numerous research trips to South America in the 50s to 70s, wrote numerous publications on the local fish world and developed into an outspoken lover and connoisseur of the South American armored catfish .
Between 1977 and 1979 he made several trips to Leningrad and Krakow , where he studied the drawings of north-east Brazilian animals drawn by Albert Eckhout . Boeseman retired in 1981, but remained associated with the RMNH for a long time.
The fish genus Boesemania is named in his honor , as is the species Melanotaenia boesemani , from the rainbow fish group, and the armored catfish species corydoras boesemani .
literature
- MJP van Oijen and W. de Ligny: Marinus Boeseman, 1916-2006, a biography and a list of his publications . In: Zoologische mededelingen . Volume 80, No. 4, Leiden 2006, pp. 1-8, ISSN 0024-0672
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boeseman, Marinus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch ichthyologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Enkhuizen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2006 |