Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical List Dutch Zoological Cabinets ... - DWC

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1741-1775. Some time "Schepen" (Alderman) of Leiden.
Perhaps he did not possess a cabinet; he edited Aelianus, De Nat. Anim.,
1744 ("Artis"). His books were sold 30 May 1785 (Boekh. nr. 485), the
greater part of them came into the possession of Leiden Univ. Haller 1883,
p. 109 (v. 1725); Scheffer 1939, p. 117; Hunger 1942, p. 19 (note). Van der
Aa VII, p. 446; NNBW I, col. 985; JWP IV, p. 387, W.J.J.C. Bijleveld 1942:
Het Geslacht Gronovius, in: Ned. Leeuw LX, col. 103-109.
579. GRONOVIUS, Johannes Fredericus - Bapt. 10 Febr. 1686 Leiden - 10 July
1762 Leiden. Practising physician since 1725. He was often "Raad, schepen en
burgemeester" (Councillor, Alderman and Burgomaster) of Lei den. Brother of
Abraham (q.v.) and father of Laurentius Theodorus (q.v.). Friend of Linnaeus.
Naturalist, esp. botanist.
Possessed a collection of fishes from the Cape. Author of a.o. Pisces belgii,
in: Acta Upsal. 1744-1750 (with list of fishes and of the Dutch waters);
Index suppellectis Lapidae ••• 1750; Flora Virginica, 1739, His books
were sold after his death on 16 March 1763 at Leiden, the catalogue (Boekh.
nr. 298) containing on p. 72 only some naturalia, the greater part of them
came into the collection of his son. Argenville 1780, p. 348; Ferrner 1910,
p. 463, 484 (v. 1759); AKL 1842, I (J.F. Hoffmann descendant of Gronovius);
Hunger 1942, p. 18, 19 (note); Stresemann 1951, p. 51; Lowegren 1952, p.
233; Engel 1961, p. 130 (sub Grenobius); Stafleu 1971 index. Vander Aa VII,
p. 445; NNBW I, col. 989; JWP IV, p. 387; V, p. 240. W.J.J.C. Bijleveld
1942: Het Geslacht Gronovius, in: Ned. Leeuw LX, col. 103-109.
580. GRONOVIUS, Laurentius Theodorus - 1 June 1730 Leiden - 8 Aug. 1777
Leiden (1773 ace. to Stafleu). Son of Johannes Fredericus (q. v.). Lawyer.
"Raadsheer en Schepen" (Counciller and Alderman) of Leiden, "Depute de la
chambre des Comptes de la Province de Hollande a La Haye". Naturalist.
Author of: Museum Ichthyologicum 1754-1756 ("Artis"); Bibl. Regni Anim. atque
Lapid. 1760 ("Artis"); Zoophilal:ium Gronovianum (1758, 1774, 1781) ("Artis").
Possessed an extensive cabinet of corals, fishes, lower animals, insects,
reptiles, mammals, shells, stones, plants, etc. (Argenville 1780, p. 346,
348). Van Alphen's Catalogue 1789, p. 146, describes a Siren lacerta from
this cabinet. To Gronovius also is due the invention of preparing flat skins
of fishes in a dry state, and preserving them in the manner of an herbarium.
His books (Boekh. nr. 438) were sold 5 Oct, 1778 seq., Leiden, followed 7
Oct. 1778 seq. by the Museum, the index of which (following the Catalogus
librorum) was prepared by Meuschen, forming also part 8 of his Miscellanea
Meuschenii; preface of Boddaert to the posthumous part 3 of Zoophilacium
Gronovianum, 1781; Vosmaer 1790. Museum Gronovianum (L.Th, Gronovius) 7 Oct.
1778 seq. Leiden 1778 in Bibl. Mus. Copenhagen. The collection of dried
fishes in a chest came via France in the British Museum, See Gray: Catalogue
of fish collected and described by L.T. Gronow now in the British Museum.
Published by order of the Trustees (London 1854); also Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
XIII(2), 1854, p. 41. A.C. Wheeler 1958: The Gronovius fish collection: a