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Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer
Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer (Oud-Beijerland, August 19, 1854 - Leiden, September 23, 1916 ) was a Dutch zoologist. Biography GCJ Vosmaer was born in 1854 in Oud-Beijerland, where his father, the poet and critic Carel Vosmaer was then a clerk at the subdistrict court. He studied in The Hague and subsequently at the University of Leiden, where he obtained his doctorate in 1880 with a thesis on sponges ("'' Leucandra aspera'' and the Canal System of Sponges"). In 1882 he became Anton Dohrn's assistant at his zoological station in Naples. In 1889 he returned to the Netherlands and became assistant to Professor Ambrosius Hubrecht in Utrecht. Later he became a private teacher and lecturer in Utrecht and in 1904 he became professor of zoology in Leiden. Work Vosmaer was a specialist in the field of sponges, describing many species. In Naples he examined the sponges in the Bay of Naples. issued posthumously in 1933-1935 He also described the sponges collected during the ''Willem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oud-Beijerland
Oud-Beijerland () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, now a part of the Hoeksche Waard municipality. With a population of 24,575 in 2020, it is the most populous town of the Hoeksche Waard island. The town is located adjacent to the confluence of the Oude Maas and Spui River. The town of Oud-Beijerland also includes the communities Vuurbaken and Zinkweg. History After the St. Elizabeth's flood (1421), large parts of the islands Putten and Grote Waard were lost and became clay banks and salt marshes which would be inundated at high tide and be unsuitable for habitation. In subsequent centuries, portions of land would be reclaimed. Oud-Beijerland was formed in 1559 as "Beijerland" by Lamoral, Count of Egmont. He was granted the rights to this area in 1557 and had the land reclaimed. This new polder was named ''Beijerland, Moerkerken, Cromstrijen en de Greup''. Circa 1624 the smaller polders Bosschenpolder and Nieuwlandp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemisina
''Artemisina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Artemisina amlia'' *''Artemisina apollinis'' *''Artemisina archegona ''Artemisina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microcionidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Artemisina amlia'' *''Artemisina apollinis ''Artemisina'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Microc ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5501454 Poecilosclerida Sponge genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Dutch Zoologists
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
