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1296. ROSKAM, Clasijna - Rotterdam.
Sale of shells and zoophytes in the house of the deceased "Op het West­
Nieuwland", 18 April 1709. Amsterdamsche Courant 9 April. 1709.
1297. ROSSUM, Arend Johan van - 26 April 1842 Huissen - 28 April 1909 Arnhent.
Entomologist; Vice-chairman Ned, Natuurhist. Ver. Arnhem.
A Gorgonian from the collection van Rossum in Zool. Mus. Amsterdam. Th.J.
Oudemans 1910, in: Tijdschr. Entom. LIII, p. 1-7 (necrol., portr.); Natura
LIX, 1909, p. 22; 0. Meissner 1909, in: Societas Entomologicae XXIV (obituary).
JWP V, p. 251.
1298. ROSSUM, Hendrik Willem van - 21 Oct. 1785 Pijnakker - 8 Jan. 1850 Amsterdam.
Physician at Amsterdam; President of "Geneeskundig Toevoorzicht".
He took over Reinwardt' s lectures between 1815 and 1822, at the Athenaeum
Illustre.
"Catalogus van een Conch. en Miner. Bibl. ••• voorts een fraai Kabinet van
Hoorens en Schelpen ••• " sold 14 April 1850 seq. (libr. Zool. Mus. Amsterdam),
NNBW II, col. 1236. Gedenkboek Amsterdant 1932, p. 61, 275, 667 (short
biography). W.P. Jorissen 1911, in: Chemisch Weekblad VIII, p. 509; W.P. Jorissen
& L.Th, Reichner 1912: J.H. van 't Hoff's Amsterdamer Periode, p. 17,
18; van Lennep: Memorabilia, p. 281.
1299, ROTTERDAM -
Many wild animals were shown at the fair. Evelyn 1879, p. 27 (v. 1641: elephant);
Brown 1682, p. 4 (v. 1668: lions, leopards). Witkamp 1872, p. VIII
repeats this; Dethmar 1838-1841, p. 127: mentions a piece of wood with shipworms,
shown in the "Beurs" (Exchange).
The Anatomy-Hall contained anatomical collections: see De Bils 1659: Aan alle
ware l.iefhebbers der anatomie (Rotterdam), inciting to the foundation of
an anatomical cabinet and other things (hair of Mary Stuart, Haupt 1814, p.
282). Uffenbach 1754, p. 309 (v. 1710); Bjornstilhl 1782, V, p. 363 (v.
1775); Honore 1779, p. 28 (v. 1776); Schaeffer 1794, p. 108 (v. 1788: "ziemlich
vollstandige Sammlung neuer chirurgischer Instrumente und eini.ge ganz
artige anatomische Praeparate" prepared by W. Vink); Haupt 1814, p. 282 (v.
1810); Meiszner 1819, p. 83 ( v. 1817: "comical anatom-theatre"); Horn 1831,
p. 344 (v. 1830); Mac Gregor, p. 141, 264 (v. 183.3). In 1740 a catalogue was
issued, mentioned by Vosmaer under A. Later on Rotterdam had a complete Medical
School like other towns (Terwen 1855, p. 268). In the sixties of the
20th century the Erasmus University was founded.
The druggist-guild also possessed all sorts of natural curiosities (Cohen
19.30, in: Pharmaceutisch Weekblad nr. 5, p. 94).
The "Bataafsch Genootschap voor de Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte", founded
in 1771 by Steven Hoogendijk, issued "Verhandelingen" since 1774 (Vrolik,
in: Verslag. Kon. Ned, Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam, V, p • .36). Bjornstilhl
1782, V, p. 360 (v. 1775); Honore 1779, p. 286 (v. 1776); Sander 1783, p.
469, 4"17 (v. 1777); Haupt 1814, p. 282 (v. 1810); Meiszner 1819, p. 9 (v.
1817); Fliedner 1831, p. 393 (v. 1823-1824); Mac Gregor 1835, p. 138 (v.