Wilhem de Haan
Guilielmus Wilhem de Haan (born February 7, 1801 in Amsterdam , † April 15, 1855 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch zoologist ( entomologist ) and paleontologist .
Life
Wilhem de Haan studied in Leiden, where he received an award for an academic assignment in 1821 and received his doctorate in 1825. From 1827 he was the first conservator for invertebrates in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden (today " Naturalis "), where he was from 1822. He was forced to resign in 1846 because he was partially paralyzed by a spinal disease. He moved to Haarlem in 1848.
He was particularly concerned with the study of insects and crustaceans . He described numerous new taxa , several taxa are named in his honor. In particular, in his dissertation in 1825 he also described some known genera of ammonites ( Ceratites , Goniatites ).
He was responsible for the volume about invertebrates from Siebold's Fauna Japonica . This was published in 1833 and first introduced the Japanese fauna to the western world.
In 1841 he married Sophia Elisabeth van Vollenhoven.
Initial descriptions
- Genus Ceratites DE HAAN 1825
- Genus Goniatites DE HAAN 1825
Fonts
- Monographiae ammoniteorum et goniatiteorum specimen. Lugduni Batavorum, apud HW Hazenberg Jun., 1825
- Memoires sur les metamorphoses des Coléoptères , Paris 1836
literature
- W. Vrolik: Levensberigt van Wilhem de Haan, Verslagen en mededeelingen of the Koninklijke akademie van Wetenschappen, Volume 3, Amsterdam 1855.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haan, Wilhem de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haan, Guilielmus Wilhem de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1855 |
| Place of death | Haarlem |