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

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the bookshop of G.F. Westerman, who together with Weisman and Weismuller
took the initiative for an Amsterdam Zoo. The animals were exhibited in the
New Town Inn (Nieuwe Stadsherberg) in the Plantage (Dethmar 1838-1841, III,
p. 76), later (15 Oct, 1838) in the garden in the Plantage bought by the Society
Natura Artis Magistra. Draak became its first director (up to 28 Febr.
1840, when -disagreeing with the managers -he left with his collection).
Then G.F. Westerman (1807-1890, q.v.) became director. At once a new collection
including living animals - derived from a travelling menagerie - was
started; Scheffer 1939, p. 148 mentions a drawing of Klinkhamer (1839) showing
the cages with the animals, which had been bought from VanAken (q.v.)
and also from Martin (q.v,). The third director was C, Kerbert (1849-1927);
director 1890-1927, cf. Scheffer 1939, p. 116, 129, 140; Weber 1927, in:
Vakbl. Biol. IX, p. 26; the fourth director was A.L.J. Sunier (up to 1953),
the fifth one E.F. Jacobi (up to 1973) and the present director is B.M. Lensink.
For more information about "Artis" (as the garden is usually called),
see the guides of the garden; Jaarboekjes N.A.M. 1852-1875; Maitland 1863,
p. XLIX and 1888; Witkamp 1864, p. 24; 1872, p. XIII and XIX; Leeskabinet
1845, III, p. 196; IV, p. l; H. Schlegel, 1842: De Diergaarde en het Museum
van het Kon. Zool. Gen. N.A.M. te Amsterdam; 1863-1872: De ·Dierentuin van
het Kon. Zoologische Genootschap N,A.M. te Amsterdam (Schlegel was a good
friend of the garden and often worked there); Kerbert 1898, p. 18 seq.;
1905; 1906; 1926. Guislain 1842, p. 92 (v. 1841); Vander Vijver 1848, III,
p. 134; Terwen 1855, p. 39, 54; Kalff 1875, I, p. 152-166; Czermak 1879, p.
171 (v. 1850); Amsterdamsch Jaarboekje 1889, p. 41; Loisel 1907, p. 98;
1912, III, p. 202, 209, 358; Gedenkboek Amsterdam 1932, p. 509, seq.; Horn &
Kahle 1935, p. 187, 314; Scheffer 1939, p. 115, 116 seq.; Flower 1939, p.
280; Engel 1940, p. 204; Sunier 1948 in W.P. Encycl. II, ed. 6, p. 495;
Stresemann 1951, p. 239 (Fiirbringer 's studies on the birds which for the
greater part had lived in the gardens); Bierens de Haan 1952, p. 261, 266-
267; Brouwer 1954, p. 51, 59, 67, 7274, 91, 102, lOS, 125, 126; Fisher 1966,
p. 50; Pieters 1978, p. 64, fig. 8-11; Hoogenhout l978b, nr. 3; Ned. Museumgids
1980, p. 100; 1982, p. 106.
From the beginning "Artis" showed different musea to the public: of stuffed
mammals and birds in general, of skeletons, of insects, of Dutch animals and
it started the new aquarium 1882, which partly belonged to the university
(being greatly enriched by the travels of Weber, especially his Siboga expedition
1899-1900, see Publ. of Results, and: A. Weber-van Bosse: Een jaar
aan boord van H.M. Siboga) and partly to the zoological gardens. As director
of the Zoological Museum Max Weber was succeeded by L,F, de Beaufort (1922).
In 1938 the museum collections came to the University of Amsterdam to alleviate
the Garden's finances. After the Beaufort's retirement (1949) he was
succeeded by H. Engel who was in function till 1968 and who was succeeded as
professor by J,H, Stock and as director by C.A.W. Jeekel. Some literature on
these zoological collections may be cited: AKL 1853, II, p. 18, 2000 Coleoptera
of Dalen (q.v.); Baldanus 1861, p. 148; Snoukaert 1907, p. 41; de
Meijere 1932, in: Gedenkboek Amsterdam, p. 509-512; Jutting 1938; 1939 p.
167-246; 1950; Brouwer 1954, p. 75, 125-126, 131, 188; Boezeman 1970, p.