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

Possessed since 1845 a "Faisanderie" at Rotterdam, with some other exotic
birds. He is one of the persons who regularly presented material to the
RMNH. Loisel 1912, III, p. 87; Gijzen 1938, p. 171; Brouwer 1954, p. 171.
1200. POMPE VAN MEERDERVOORT, Jonkheer Johannes Lydius Catharinus - 5 May
1.829 Brugge (Belgium) - 7 Oct. 1908 Brussels. Sanitary officer in the Dutch
Navy. Between 1857 and 1863 he lived at Decima. He introduced Western medicine
in Japan and taught physics and chemistry. Later on he became physician
at 's-Gravenhage.
During his return journey to Holland he was shipwrecked and his collection
got lost (cf. his "Vijf jaren in Japan 1.857-1863, bijdragen tot de kennis
van het Japanse Keizerrijk en zijn bevolking", 2 vols., Leiden 1867, 1868).
NNBW VII, col. 1007. K.T.A. Halbertsma 1941: De betekenis van de Hollansche
geneeskunde voor Japan in haar historische ontwikkeling, in: Bijdr. Gesch.
Geneesk. XXI, p. 145-149; XXII, p. 61-65 (portr. p. 61); Ned. Adelsboek
1916, p. 124. Portr. in Dutch Entom. Soc. Amsterdam.
1.201. PONDERUS, Maria (Mrs. van Aarden) - 27 Jan. 1672 Monster - 20 April
1764 's-Gravenhage. Second wife of Pieter van Aarden (1643-1719), lawyer and
notary at 's-Gravenhage since 1692.
Cabinet of shells sold at 's-Gravenhage 1764. Vosmaer 1790; Jutting 1939, p.
230, 238. Painting in the "Hofje" at Leerdam, cf. G.J.J. van Wimersma Greidanus
1.962: Genealogische onderzoekingen rondom het Hofje van Mevrouw van
Aarden, in: Ned. Leeuw LXXIX, col. 3-15.
1202. POORT D' OOSTCAPELLE, Johannes Gual terus van der - See Mandere, van
der.
1203. POORTE(N), Philip van der -Buried 25 Aug, 1753 Amsterdam.
Possessed a cabinet of shells. Valentijn 1.726, III, p. 561.; 1754, p. 45;
Kalff 1928, p. 207; Jutting 1.939, p. 229, 239.
1.204. POOT, P. -Formerly Nuth (Limburg), now in Boven-Hardinxveld.
Coleoptera, esp. from S. -Limburg, ca. 2, 000 species. Nat. Hist. Maandblad
XLIX, 1.960, p. 193.
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1205. PORRET, Christiaan - Druggist at Leiden and well-known botanist; correspondent
of Clusius (q.v.).
Possessed a cabinet of shells, minerals, etc., sold at Leiden 28 March 1628.
Catalogue in Museum Boerhaave, Leiden. Lugt nr. 2. Dodonaeus, edition 1618,
p. 1084; E.W. Moes 1905: De sonderlingheden oft rariteiten ende uitgelesen
sinnelickheden van Christiaan Porret, in: Jaarboek Gesch. Oudheidkunde van
Leiden en Rijnland, II, p. 93-100; Hunger 1927, p. 193, 268; Jutting 1939,
p. 231, 237. JWP IV, p. 402; V, p. 249; Meertens 1943: Letterkundig leven in
Zeeland in de 16e en eerste helft van de 17e eeuw (diss. Utrecht 1943), p.
341, 408.