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

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271, CALKOEN, Joan - 1780 Amsterdam - 28 April 1812. Broker. Lived 1810 at
Heerengracht, near Heerenstraat. Calkoen's widow was Johanna Henrietta
Catharina van IJsseldijk (1784-1854), remarried 1823 Prof. C. G. C. Re:l.nwardt
(q.v.).
Collected insects and birds, Cabinet sold 30 April 1814, Temminck 1808, I,
p. IX; Stoll 1813A, p. 73; B, p. 28; C, p. 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38,
40; D, p. 2, 7; Haupt 1814, p. 337 (v. 1810); Nemnich 1809, p. 370 (v. 1808-
1809); Horn & Kahle 1935-'37, p. 326 (insects to RMNH); Gijzen 1938, p. 23,
130; Bierens de Haan 1952, p. 256; Brouwer 1954, p. 26; Tuyn 1971, p. 182.
AKL 1812, II, p. 33, 98-104 (biogr.),
272. CALMETTE, BOSE DE LA - Maastricht.
Cabinet of naturalia, esp. fossils. Argenville 1780, p. 336: sub Calmette
"Le second cabinet de cette ville est celui de M. Calmette, ou, parmi divers
objets d'histoire naturelle on remarque les fossiles et les petrifications";
van Regteren Altena 1956, p. 85. We could not find further details about the
man and his cabinet.
273. CAMPER, Adriaan Gillis - 31 Jan. 1759 Amsterdam - 5 Febr. 1820
's-Gravenhage. Worked and lived during a long time with his father Petrus
Camper (q.v.) at "Klein Lankum" near Franeker.
Heir of the cabinet of natural history and medical objects of his father,
which was bought by King Willirun I for the University of Groningen (1820).
During the great fire in 1906 the collection was partly destroyed, Part of
his paleontological collection is at Haarlem (Teylers Museum). For several
years Camper corresponded with Georges Cuvier, whom he supplied with
descriptions and drawings of the fossils in his cabinet, cf. B. Theunissen
1980: De briefwisseling tussen A.G. Camper en Georges Cuvier, in: Tijdschr.
Gesch. Gen., Natuurw., Wisk. en Tech. III, p. 155-177. AKL 1802, II, p. 401;
1807, I, p. 129; 1820, I, p. 97, 122, 123; II, p. 115; Mac Gregor 1835, p.
252. Van der Aa III, p. 74-78; NNBW I, col. 549-552. J.G.S. van Breda 1825:
Levensschets van A.G. Camper; C,O. van Regteren Altena 1956, p. 84, 89-94;
Pieters 1980, p. 554, note 33.
274. CAMPER, Petrus - 11 May 1722 Leiden - 7 April 1789 's-Gravenhage.
Prof. anat., and med. Franeker 1750; Prof. med. Amsterdam 1755; Praelector
anat. of the Surgeons Guild; from March 1761 on he lived privately at "Klein
Lankum" near Franeker, Prof. med. Groningen 1763; Member of the "Raad van
State", moved to 's-Gravenhage 1787. Father of Adriaan Gilles (supra).
Possessed a large cabinet (see A.G. Camper: Descr. succ, du Mus. de P. Camper,
Amsterdam et La Haye 1811, "Artis" no. 102); his collection of surgical
instruments was described 1761 (UBA); his books were sold partly 31 May 1790
seq. (Boekh. nr. 557) and his instruments 19 April 1790 (Boekh. nr. 555);
description of the museum of P. and A.G. Camper at Klein Lankum, in: Jaarboek
der Wet. en Kunsten i.h. Kon. Holland, 1806 (1809), part I; Geologie en
Mijnbouw II, p. 278 (call. bought for Univ. Groningen 1820); C.O. van Regteren
Altena 1956, p. 84, 89-94, 97-104; Boyer 1971, p. 393; R.P.W. Visser