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

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1626. VOLLEffl10VEN - See Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C.
1627. VOORHOEVE, Jacob - 17 Dec. 1811 Rotterdam - 19 Jan. 1881 Rotterdam.
Stockbroker. One of the founders of the Free University, Amsterdam.
Possessed a cabinet, that also contained the collections of G. Scheepmaker
(q.v.). The cabinet was sold 2 April 1872 (Boekh. nr. 2255a; also in "Artis").
"Catalogue de la precieuze et superbe collection de Coquiles • • • de
Mr. J, Voorhoeve H.Cz. vendu a Rotterdam 2,IV.1872". Jutting 1939, p. 169,
174, 181, 212, 214, 230, 238; Dance 1966, p. 192. Christelijke Encyclopaedie
1929, V, p. 600 (portr.). Ned. Patriciaat 1926, p. 346.
1.628. VOORN, Jacob - Keeper of a collection of rarities in the Public Theater
and Anatomy Hall of Leiden University.
Musaei indici index, exhibus varia exotica animalia e vegetabilia nativa facie,
liquori, balsa, ica innatantia, prosantia apud Jacobum Voorn juxte Academiam
Lugd. Bat. See Cat. Banks I, 1.798, p. 222.
1629. VOS TOT NEDERVEEN CAPPEL, Lodewijk Hendrik Daniel de - 1846 - 1934
Velp. "Griffier" (Registrar) of the States.
Possessed a cabinet of shells and insects. The shells were bought by H,G,J,
Schelling, Utrecht (q.v.), the insects came in the possession of his son Johan
Julius de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel (q.v.), B,H. Klynstra (q.v.), F.T.
Valek Lucassen (q.v.), D.L. Wttenboogaart (q.v,), D. MacGillavry (q.v.) and
the RMNH, cf. Horn & Kahle 1935-'37, p. 291; Lempke 1936, p. 239; Jutting
1939, p. 176 (bought shells F.J.M. Ontijd, q.v.), 216 (bought shells Rethaan
Macare, q.v.), 233 note, 235.
1630. VOS TOT NEDERVEEN CAPPEL, Julius Johan de - 15 June 1879 Arnhem - 5
Sept. 1963 Wassenaar. Son of Lodewijk Hendrik Daniel de Vos tot Nederveen
Cappel ( q. v,). In 1901 he went to the Dutch East Indies, where he occupied
several posts in Deli, Padang, Bali, Djokjakarta and Bandung, In 1934 he returned
to Holland. From the Indies he sent insects to his father. After his
return to Holland he often worked on the RMNH.
He possessed a collection of Coleoptera which between 1938 and 1943 was presented
to the RMNH (38,452 specimens). G.L. van Eijndhoven, in: Entom. Ber.
XXIII, p. 229-231 (necrol.).
1631. VOS TOT NEDERVEEN CAPPEL, Hendrik Anthonie de - 4 March 1851 Utrecht
- 29 March 1929 Apeldoorn. Brother of L,H.D. de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel
(q.v.). Unemployed. Possessed a collection of Lepidoptera, etc., that was
legated to the RMNH. Everts 1922, p. XII; Entom. Ber. VII, p. 456.
1632. VOSMAER, Aernout - 23 Sept. 1720 Rotterdam - 15 Jan. 1799 's-Gravenhage.
Businessman, from 1751 on living at 's-Gravenhage. He was Director of
the menageries and of the "Natuur- en Kunstcabinetten des Stadhouders",
which were founded by the widow of Prince William IV in 1756 after she had
bought Vosmaer's own cabinet (see Oranje). It was continued under William V,