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

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5 Febr. 1745 's-Gravenhage. "Baanderheer" of Wassenaar; "Heer" (Lord) of Lage,
Obdam, Twickel, etc. Member of the Council of State and of the States­
General (1720). Curator of Leiden University 1727-1745.
He possessed a cabinet of shells, zoophytes, minerals, etc. sold 25 Oct.
1769 seq., at Amsterdam. It contained 860 nrs. nat. hist. (Lugt nr. 1784;
Vosmaer 1790). Valentijn 1726, III, p. 562; 1754, p. 46; Argenville 1757, p.
149; 1780, p. 343; Jutting 1939, p. 230, 239; Scheurleer 1967, p. 27 (De
stadhouderlijke verzameling). Vander Aa XX, p. 68; NNBW II, col. 1540. Siegenbeek
1829, I, p. 273-274; 1832, II, toev. en bijl,, p. 20, 21; Fenelon,
in: Bijdr. en Mededel. Hist. Gen. XXX, p. 173.
1659, WATER, Jona Willem te - 28 Oct. 1740 Zaamslag (Staats-Vlaanderen) -
19 Oct, 1822 Leiden. 1761 probationer and clergyman at Haamstede, 1763 at
Veere, 1765 at Vlissingen, 1780 Prof. theol, and ecclesiastical history at
Middelburg, 1784-1815 Idem at Leiden.
He possessed a fine coll.ection of manuscripts, coins, books and natural history,
sold 28 Oct. 1823 at Leiden. Catalogue in 2 volumes edited by Luchtmans
at Leiden, in the possession of Seymour de Ricci, Paris. Lugt nr.
10527. Van der Aa XX, p. 78-82; NNBW IV, col. 1438-1440; Nagtglas IX, p.
929-933; Collot d'Escury 1844, VII, p. 279; Siegenbeek I, p. 319, 326 seq.,
345, 416, 439; II, p. 227 seq.; Album Schol. Acad. Lugd. Bat. 1575-1940, p.
173, 205 (b. 1704); Molhuijsen, Bronnen VI & VII.
1660. WAIJEN, Joan van der - Captain.
Possessed ear of a whale. Not. Arch, 4844, 312, Not. Wijmer (Arch.) 5 March
1709.
1661. WEBER, J.A. -
Shells to Zool. Mus. Amsterdam 1882, cf. Jutting 1939, p. 177.
1662. WEBER, Max Wilhelm Carl - 5 Dec, 1852 Bonn - 7 Febr. 1937 Eerbeek.
1879 Prosector anatomy, Amsterdam, 1880 Lector Univ. Utrecht, 1883 Prof.
comp. an at. zootomy and zool. paleontology Amsterdam; 1898-1922 Director of
the Zool. Mus., Amsterdam, 1899-1900 leader of the Siboga-expedition. Ace.
to Kerbert (1926) he raised the Zool. Mus. Amsterdam to its present state.
The greatest among his scientific publications is: Die Saugethiere (Jena
1904, 2nd ed, Jena 1927-1928).
He possessed a private collection of Coleoptera (Everts 1.923, p. XII), Ned.
Tijdschr. Geneesk. 1921, LXV, p. 1026; Werken Gen. t. Bev. Nat., Genees- en
Heelk., Amsterdam 1923, ser. 2, X, p. 157; Jutting 1939, p. 184-185, 195;
Scheffer 1939, p. 116, 141. JWP II, p. 203; III, p. 375; IV, p. 413; V, p.
255; DSB XIV, p. 203; W.P. encycl. 1954, ed, 6, XVIII, p. 396, Ned. Tijdschr,
Geneesk. LXV, 1921, p. 1026; Stud. Almanak, Amsterdam XCIII, 1923, p.
75-77 (with portr.); Gedenkboek Amsterdam 1932, p. 276, 285, 515, 706; de
Beaufort 1937, in: Vakbl.Biol. XVIII, p. 125-135; Idem 1937, in: Tijdschr.
Kon. Ned. Aardr. Genootsch. LIV, p. 153, 154; NRC 8 Febr. 1937; Het Vaderland
8 Febr. 1937; Telegraaf 8 Febr. 1937; D'Arcy W. Thompson 1938, in: Obi-