Theodoor de Booy

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Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy (born December 5, 1882 in Hellevoetsluis , Netherlands , † February 18, 1919 in Yonkers , New York ) was an American American scholar and archaeologist of Dutch origin.

In 1906 De Booy emigrated to the USA, where he married Elizabeth Hamilton Smith in 1909. In 1916 he became an American citizen. In 1911, he and his wife went on an expedition to the Bahamas , where they found remarkable artifacts such as a paddle from the pre-Columbian Lucayan culture in the caves and clam piles. He then worked for the National Museum of the American Indian , Heye Foundation in New York City . Through his archaeological fieldwork in the West Indies and in Venezuela , de Booy has become an outstanding expert on the history of the Arawak culture.

In 1919, de Booy died of complications from influenza at the age of 36 .

Dedication names

The extinct ralle Nesotrochis debooyi ( Wetmore , 1918 ) and the fossil snail Mitrella debooyi ( Maury , 1917 ) are named after De Booy .

Fonts (selection)

  • Lucayan Artifacts from the Bahamas. 1913
  • Pottery from Certain Caves in Eastern Santo Domingo, West Indies. 1915
  • Certain West-Indian Superstitions Pertaining to Celts. 1915
  • Notes on the Archeology of Margarita Island, Venezuela. 1916
  • Certain Archaeological Investigations in Trinidad, British West Indies. 1918
  • The Virgin Islands Our New Possessions and the British Islands. 1918
  • Indian Notes and Monographs Volume 1, No. 2: Santo Domingo Kitchen-Midden and Burial Ground. 1919
  • Indian Notes and Monographs Vol. 10, No. 3: An Illinois Quilled Necklace. 1920
  • Onder de Motilone's van de Sierre de Perija (Venezuela). 1926

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personal data
SURNAME Booy, Theodoor de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Booy, Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American American scholar and archaeologist of Dutch origin
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hellevoetsluis , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1919
Place of death Yonkers , New York