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

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1221. QUAESTIUS, Johannes Wijbrandus - Physician and surgeon at Leeuwarden.
Possessed a cabinet of anatomy, diseased bones, stuffed animals, minerals,
shells and petrified remains from the St. Pietersberg, Groningen and some
other places. His cabinet and his library were sold at Leeuwarden, Apri.l
1828; sale catalogue in 3 parts Leeuwarden 1827, cf. Engelmann 1846, p. 9.
The diseased bones were bought by his brother-in-law P,E.A. Vegelin van
Claerbergen, and offered to the Athenaeum of Franeker (q.v.). AKL 1827, II,
p. 351 (sale of his cabinet and library); 1828, I, p. 318. JWP IV, p. 402.
1222. QUINA, Abraham -
Possessed a cabinet, cf, Uffenbach 1754, III, p. 689 (v. 1710).
1223. QUICKELBERG, Samuel - Amsterdam.
Catalogue of his museum, MUnchen 1565. Note by C, Kerbert.
1224. RAAT, Hendrik van- Rotterdam (near Groote Markt). Druggist.
Cabinet of shells. Valentijn 1726, III, p. 562; 1754, p. 46; Jutting 1939,
p. 230, 237.
1225. RADE, von - Merchant in birds. Amsterdam.
Uffenbach 1754, III, p. 609 (v. 1710),
1226. RADERMACHER, Jacobus Cornelis Mattheus - 31 March 1741 's-Gravenhage
- 24 Dec. 1783 in the Indian Ocean murdered by a sailor. Lawyer. In 1757 and
again in 1767 he went to the Dutch East Indies and became a member of the
"Collegie van Schepenen" (College of Aldermen) at Batavia. In 1768 he became
a "Baljuw" (Bailiff), in 1776 "Raad" (Councillor extraordi.narius) of the Indies
and President of the "Collegie van Schepenen" and in 1783 Vice-admiral
of the return fleet. On his journey to Holland he was murdered during a mutiny
of the Chinese crew. He was one of the founders of the Bataviaasch Genootschap
(founded 1778, see: Verhand. Bataviaasch Genootsch. XXV, 1813).
He was also very active in founding a museum of natural history and a hortus
botanicus at Batavia.
Possessed a cabinet of Chinese simplicia, which was sold 1765 (Vosmaer
1790). De Navorscher VIII, 1858, p. 147, 332; XLV, 1895, p. 212, 445, 514;
S. Kalff 1899, in: Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, Ser. III, part II, p. 477-512; Backer
1936, p. 481. Van der Aa XVI, p. 34-36; NNBW II, coL 1153··1154; Flora
Malesiana 1950, Ser. I, I, p. 424.
1227. RAU (RAVIUS), Johannes Jacobus - 1668 (Raden, Schwabischer Kreis,
Germany) - 18 Sept. 1719 Leiden, Started his career as a ships physician;
since 1694 he lived at Amsterdam, where he gave anatomical demonstrations;
1713 Prof. med. Leiden. Well-known for his operations of the stone.
He bequeathed his anatomical preparations to Leiden Universtiy. This collection
is the oldest one, described in the catalogue of Sandifort (q.v.). Al-