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1469. STATIUS MULLER, Philipus Ludovicus - 25 April 1725 probably Leeuwarden-
5 Jan. 1776 Erlangen (Germany). Lutheran clergyman at Amersfoort 1745-
1749, and at Leeuwarden till 1756, then Prof. nat. hist., etc. at Erlangen.
He translated Rumphius' "Amboinsche Rariteitkamer" in German. He was the
author of a.o. "Bedenkingen betreffende den dierlijken oorsprong der koraalgewassen"
(from Latin, Dordrecht 1771).
He possessed a cabinet of which many animals are described in Knorr: Deliciae
Naturae, which he translated in Dutch (Dordrecht 1771, see A XII, XIII,
XIV, XXI; B IV-VI; C V; D III; F IV-VI; G III-IV; H V-VII; K 1-III, V; L
II-IX, XI). Engelman 1846: Bibl. Hist. Nat. (repr. 1960), p. S, 38, 80, 103,
229, 450, 451, 445, 568, 571, 579; Pieters 1980, p. 546, 549, litt., p. 561.
NNBW IX, col. 701-702. Short biography in: Beschiift. Berlin. Ges. Naturforsch.
Freunde II, p. 584; W.J. Kooiman 1950: Philippus Ludovicus Statius
Muller, SO p. (Bolsward).
1470. STAUTENBERG -
Shell-dealer at Amsterdam. Titius 1783, IX, p. 191 (v. 1777); Jutting 1939,
p. 230, 237. (The same as Stoutenberg?).
1471. STAVOREN (Prov. Friesland) -
Uffenbach 1754, II, p. 347 (v. 1710) saw a stuffed crocodile in the church.
1472. STEENGRACHT, Cornelis - 26 Aug. 1723 Middelburg - 12 Oct. 1781 "Slangenburg",
near Doetinchem. 11 Heer 11 (Lord) of Wehl, Slangenburg, East- and
West Souburg. "Schepen en Raad" (Alderman and Councillor) of Vlissingen,
Commander of the Dutch East India Company, Deputee of the province of Zeeland
in the "Generaliteits-rekenkamer".
He possessed a cabinet of stuffed birds, fishes and insects in liquor, birdeggs,
Lepidoptera, shells, a crocodile, the skin of a snake and products
from the sea. The collection was sold 15 april 1782 at 's-Gravenhage (Boekh.
nr. 456, p. 48). Jutting 1939, p. 231, 236; Idem 1972, p. 152; Scheurleer
1967, p. 27. NNBW VII, col. 1172.
1473. STEL, Adriaan van der - ca. 1665 Haarlem - 13 Oct. 1720 Ambon. Bookkeeper
of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape (1679); 11 0nderkooprnan 11
(Merchant) at Bengal (1685-1697); back in Holland, Amsterdam, Keizersgracht
(1697-1703), then "Buitengewone Raad" (Extraordinary Councillor), President
of the "Schepenen" (Aldermen) (1704) and Governor of Ambon from 1705 onwards.
He contributed drawings - partly after specimens of his own cabinet - to
"Po is sons, ecrivisses et crabes de di verses couleurs et figures extraordinaires
que l'on trouve autour des iles Moluques, et sur les cotes des terres
Australes; publie par L. Renard, 2 vols. Amsterdam 1718-1719 (2nd ed., Amsterdam
1754), see Renard, cf. II, 1719. He also possessed a cabinet of
shells. Valentijn 1726, III, p. 560, 563 ("Solders vol"); 1754, p. 13, 19,