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Prof. bot. Amsterdam 1796-1834; Prof. anat., physiol., surgery and obstetrics
1798-1820. With C.G.C. Reinwardt (q.v.) he had the supervision of the
menagerie in the Hortus medicus (see Louis Napoleon).
He possessed an anatomical cabinet, that after his death came in the possession
of his son Willem Vrolik (q.v.), cf. J.L. Dusseau 1865: Musee Vrolik.
Catalogue de la collection d'anatomie humaine ••. Amsterdam. His books were
partly sold 3 Dec. 1860, see: Catalogue de la bibliotheque d'hist. nat., de
medecine, etc. delaissee par •••• Amsterdam 1860. Rudolphi 1804, p. 107-108
(v. 1802); Nemnich 1809, p. 348 (v. 1808); Haupt 1814, p. 337; II, p. 99-
101 (v. 1810); Jaeck 1826, p. 232 (v. 1824); Horn 1831-1833, p. 363, 368 (v,
1830). Nieuwe AKL VII, 1797, nr. 170, p. 99, 113; VIII, p. 93; X, 1798, nr.
237, p. 9; AKL 1829, I, p. 194; AKL 1831, II, p. 432; AKL 1859, p. 394-396
(necrol); J, van der Hoeven 1859, in: Jaarboek Kon. Ned, Akad. Wet., p. 116-
134; 1863, p. 83; J .L. Terwen & Gorst. de Jonge 1859-1860, in: Onze Tijdgenoten
p. 321; Onze Tijd XXV, 1860, p. 225; Ned. Spectator 1864, p. 59 seq.;
Geneesk. Jaarboek 1865, p. 273 seq.; Gedenkboek Amsterdam 1932, p. 55, 71,
167, 185, 186 (portr.), 187, 268, 275, 704; Veendorp & Baas Becking 1938;
Scheffer 1939, p. 135; Ons Amsterdam, Dec. 1963, p. 354 seq.; van Regteren
Altena & van Thiel 1964, p. 266. Van der Aa XIX, p. 463-468; NNBW III, col.
1366-1367; JWP I, p. 450; II, p. 203; III, p. 375; Backer 1936, p. 170;
Carpenter 1945, p. 108. Muller nr. 5891-5894; van Someren nr. 6012; portr.
in Cat. of his library by J. van der Hoeven 1865; portr. in Stud. Almanak
Amsterdam 1841.
1644. VROLIK, Will em - 29 April 1801 Amsterdam - 22 Dec. 1863 Amsterdam.
Son of Gerardus Vrolik (q.v.). Physician at Amsterdam; 1826 town physician;
1829 Prof. anat. Groningen; 1831 Prof. anat. and medicine Amsterdam. Vrolik
did much for "Artis".
Together with his father he founded the Museum Vrolik, In 1869 the collection
was bought by a commission of the citizens of Amsterdam for Dfl.
12,000.-- and offered to the town to be placed in the Athenaeum Illustre
(Kerbert 1926, p. 4, note 4), It contains human anatomy, patholoy and teratology
and also zoological preparations. The zoological part came in the
possession of "Artis". The other part wi 11 be placed in the Academical Medical
Centre, Amsterdam in 1985. Vrolik wrote a "Catalogue du Musee Vrolik",
which was completed in 1865 by Dusseau. His rich library was sold 16 Jan.
1865, with a list of his works and a biographical note, and again 15-17
April 1868 (in "Artis" library) Arlincourt 1842, II, p. 49 (v. ca. 1837);
Andersen 1855, p. 407 (v. 1847, Prof. Fr¢hlich)); Czermak 1879, p. 170 (v.
1850); Blasius 1880, p. 14 (mentions the collection). AKL 1823, I, p. 385
(prom. Utrecht 10 June 1823); 1829, I, p. 194 (inaug. 20 March 1829 Groningen);
AKL 1831, II, p. 432 (inaug. 5 Dec. 1831 Amsterdam); J.L. Terwen &
Gorst. de Jonge 1859-1860, in: Onze Tijdgenoten, p. 234; Ned, Spectator
1864, p. 59 seq.; Geneesk. Jaarboek 1865, p. 273 seq.; Gedenkboek Amsterdam
1932, p. 61, 71, 186 (portr.), 187, 189, 275, 704 (biogr.); Scheffer 1939,
p. 137, 153; Bierens de Haan 1952, p. 263-267; van Regteren Altena & van
Thiel 1964, p. llO. Van der Aa XIX, p. 468-474; NNBW III, col. 1367-1368;