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

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1633. VOSMAER, Gualtherus Carel Jacob - 29 Aug, 1854 Nieuw Bei(j)erland -
23 Sept. 1916 Leiden, 1903 Prof, zoology (comp. anat, and physiology), Leiden
University. Director of the Zool. cabinet. Specialist in Porifera.
Collection of Porifera now in RMNH, The collection is partially described
in: Studies on sponges, in: Neapel Zool. Station, Mitth. V, 1884, p. 483-
493. Cabinet (esp. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) to be sold by van der Vinne
(Haarlem). Vander Klaauw 1926, p. 114, 124; Scheffer 1939, p. 142. C.A. Pekelharing
1916: necrology, in: Ned, Tijdschr. Geneesk. LX, p. 1209 seq.;
Sluiter 1916: In memoriam, in: Tijdschr. Ned, Dierk. Ver. XV, p. 112-114.
Jaarboek RU Leiden 1917, p. 84.
1634. VREESWIJCK, Goossen van - 1626 - ca. 1689. Worked in different countries
of Europe and America by order of the West-India Company as "Bergwerker"
and "Bergmeester". Author of a.o. "Het cabinet der mineralen, metalen
en bergerts", Amsterdam 1670, and of 11 Vervolg op 't cabinet der mineralen
, •• ", 1675. (Bibliogr. in Chern. Weekbl. 1914, p. 1078; 1915, p. 29). Vosmaer
1800, p. 81, nr. 259; W.P.Jorissen 1914, in: Chern. Weekbl., p. 1075; 1915,
in: Chem. Weekbl. p. 28, Van der Aa XIX, p. 425; NNBW IV, col. 1428. Holl.
Spectator VI, p. 100; De Navorscher VII, p. 159; IX, p. 65.
1635. VRIENDS (VRIENTS), Bernhardus - ca. 1727- 12 May 1791 Haarlem. Silk
manufacturer at Haarlem (Groote Houtstraat, near Paarlaarsteeg).
Possessed a cabinet of all classes of insects, esp. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera,
sold 27 Sept. 1791 seq. Butterflies to C, van Lennep (q.v.) in 1791,
cf. Sepp 1762-1860, III, p. 118. Vriends himself bought on auction Leers
(q.v.) through Meuschen, and on auction Elout (q.v.). Sander 1783, I, p. 540
(v. 1776); Titius 1783, p. 199 (v. 1777); Thunberg 1792-'94, II(2), p. 257
(v. 1779). Francq 1773 (Sermo), p. 36; Cramer 1779-'82, I, p. 36, 58, 86,
87, 94, 128, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149; II, p. 13, 16, 28, 29, 56, 75; Argenville
1780, p. 357; Anon. 1781, p. 109; AKL 1791, VI, nr. 155, Berichtblad
nr. 24 (d.d, 17 June 1791): Cabinet of nat. hist. (esp. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera)
to be sold by Vincent van der Vi.nne, Haarlem; Jutting 1939, p. 103.
Ekama 1874, p. 103.
1636. VRIENDS, Jan - See Asten.
1637. VRIES, Jeronimo de - 9 April 1776 Amsterdam - 1 June 1853 Amsterdam.
1794 Assistant at the municipal secretariate; 1814-1851 "Griffier" (Chief
Clerk) at the secretariate. Literary historian.
He collected a.o. paintings, plates, etches. His cabinet was mentioned in
Sepp 1762-1860, VI, p. 177. Jutting 1939, p. 209; Dance 1966, p. 236. Van
der Aa XIX, p. 440-443; NNBW III, col. 1358-1360; Biogr. Woordenboek der
Ned. Letterk., p. 266. Wijnman 1976: Herengracht, nr. 483.
1638. VRIES, Joh. C. de - died 1900 or 1901 Amsterdam.
Possessed a collection of Lepidoptera from the Netherlands. Horn & Kahle
1935- 1 37, p. 292 (since 1901 in RMNH); Gijzen 1938, p. 171: collection in