Frederik Willem van Eeden (26 October 1829, in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

– 4 May 1901, in Haarlem) was a Dutch amateur botanist. He was the father of the writer

Frederik van Eeden Frederik Willem van Eeden (3 April 1860, Haarlem – 16 June 1932, Bussum) was a late 19th-century and early 20th-century Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing a ...

. He was born in Haarlem, where he became general secretary-treasurer of the Dutch Society for the Promotion of Industry and director of the Museum of Applied Arts. From 1871 until his death he was director of the Colonial Museum (the predecessor of the Colonial Institute, later the

Royal Tropical Institute The Royal Tropical Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, KIT) is an applied knowledge institute located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is an independent centre of expertise, education, intercultural cooperation and hospitality de ...

in Amsterdam), which was founded on his initiative in 1864.van den Branden,F. Jos.; Frederiks, J.G.; Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde

/ref> F. W. van Eeden was probably the first to use the concept (not the word) natural monument (in his book ''Onkruid''). In this book, he suggested the idea of preserving some parts of the Netherlands as a monument to nature.

Works

* ''De Duinen en Bosschen van Kennemerland'' (Groningen, 1866) * ''Hortus Batavus'' (Amsterdam, 1868) * ''De Botanie van het dagelijksch leven'' (Purmerend, 1870) * ''De Koloniën op de internationale tentoonstelling te Amsterdam in 1883'' (Haarlem, 1884) * ''Onkruid. Botanische Wandelingen'' (2 delen, Haarlem, 1886) * ''Noorderlicht. Bezoek aan Scandinavië in 1887'' (Haarlem, 1888). In 1877, Van Eeden completed the 15th and final volume of the standard work ''Flora Batava'', which was started in 1800. In addition, he made many contributions to the ''Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief'' (Dutch Herbal Archive), the ''Album der Natuur'' (Album of Nature), and the ''Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Maatschappij'' (Journal of the Dutch Society of Industry).

Literature

*Duuren, David van: 125 jaar verzamelen: Tropenmuseum Amsterdam. KIT, Amsterdam, 1990.

References

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