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

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p. 85-97, Author of many entomological papers. His botanical collections are
in the Herb. Bogoriense, duplicates in the State Herbarium, Leiden, cf. Flora
Malesiana 1950, Ser. I, I, p. 354.
1016. MEERBURG, Nicolaas - 31 Jan. 1734 Leiden - 20 March 1814 Leiden. Keeper
of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden.
Possessed a cabinet with birds and butterflies. Sander 1783, I, p. Sl8 (v.
1776): "Er stopft auch Vogel mit Rauchtabak aus .. auch Schmetterlinge ••• ".
AKL 1816, II, p. 240: his son offers his collections for sale. Plant collection
in State Herbarium Leiden. C. Nissen 1933: Bot. Prachtwerke, p. 36
(Plantae at papiliones rariores, Lei den 1789, Fol. SST); Veendorp & Baas
Becking 1938, p. 130-142; Stafleu 1971, p. 173, 183. Van der Aa XII, p. 484;
JWP I, p. 446; III, p. 362; V, p. 246. W.E. Smelt 1962: De afstammelingen in
mannelijke lijn van Claes Jansz. Meerburg, jongste zoon van Jan Janz. Meerburg,
in: Ned. Leeuw LXXIX, col. 297-298; E. Pelinck: Een bloemisterij en
een speeltuin buiten de Koepoort, in: Leidsch Jaarboekje 1961, p. 82 seq.
1017. MEERMAN - See Drieling.
1018. MEERSSEN (Prov. Limburg) -
Museum of natural history and local folklore.
Collection of fossils from the carboniferous and cretaceous layers, butterflies
and other insects from South Limburg; seashells from all over the
world. Hoogenhout 1978a, nr. 80; Ned. Museumgids 1980, p. 190; 1982, p. 204.
1019. MEEUSE, Christiaan - 16 Febr. 1764 Veere - 1 Sept. 1838 Hoek (Zeeland).
He was a fisherman till ca. 1800, then he started his theological
studies and became a clergyman at Hoek in 1803.
Possessed a collection (butterflies, etc.) that was sold at Middelburg 28
Oct. 1839 seq. Van der Aa XII, p. S31-S32; NNBW X, col. 601-602; Kobus & de
Rivecourt p. 376, S04.
1020. MENTEN, E.E. - "Huize Hogeweide" at Warmond (near Leiden).
Possessed a collection of shells in boxes in a 19th century mahogany wooden
box, according to Scheurleer.
1021. MERE, Jan van der- See Meer, Jan van der-
1022. MERCKELBACH, Mathias A.L.H. _ 3 March 1869 Mechelen (Wittem, Limburg)
- 2 Febr. 1913 Rolduc (Kerkrade). He studied at Amsterdam 1893-1897; at Marburg
1897; and 1898 again at Amsterdam. Teacher German language at Rolduc
(1898); 1893 Priest.
Collected bird-eggs for the natural history cabinet of Rolduc, used in
writing an article on the birds of S. Limburg. Nat. Hist. Maandblad XIII,
1924, p. 7; Hens 1924, p. 7; 1964-196S, p. 16 (collection has disappeared
after a fire in 1946).