Jan van der Hoeven

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Jan van der Hoeven
Leiden, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Notable workHandboek der Dierkunde (1827–1833)
Spouse
Anna van Stolk
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(m. 1826)​
Scientific career
Fields
University of Leiden

Jan van der Hoeven (9 February 1801

Hoeven's organ or Van der Hoeven's organ.[2]

Biography

Jan van der Hoeven came from a wealthy family of merchants in Rotterdam. In 1819 he moved to Leiden. In 1822 he got a degree in

Remonstrant
theologian, Cornelis a physician.

By the 19th century it had become impossible to understand and comprehend all knowledge, but Van der Hoeven was a rather old fashioned scientist, (representing the Biedermeier era) and a generalist: neither specializing, nor becoming a theoreticist. In 1834 he started a magazine in natural history and physiology (Tijdschrift voor natuurlijke geschiedenis en physiologie). Van der Hoeven was also involved in education, writing a biology book for pupils in secondary school, although, paradoxically, he was one of the last professors in Leiden to teach in Latin. In 1860 he asked permission to leave the university. He died in Leiden eight years later. In 1858, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1864 he published the Latin biology textbook Philosophia Zoologica.[3] In 1832 he became correspondent of the Royal Institute and in 1845 member. In 1851 the Royal Institute became the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Hoeven is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Tribute

Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker 1851) is named in honor of Bleeker’s fellow Dutchman, “le célèbre professeur de zoologie”.[6]

Hemigobius hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) was also named for him.

See also

References

  1. ^ DTB Doopboek Remonstranten Rotterdam 1801: Dopeling Jan van der Hoeven / Vader Abraham van der Hoeven / Moeder Maria van der Wallen Van Vollenhoven / Plaats Rotterdam / Datum doop 1 March 1801 / Geboortedatum 9 February 1801
  2. ISBN 978-90-481-3299-7
    .
  3. OCLC 14197403
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  4. ^ "Jan van der Hoeven (1802–1868)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Hoeven.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families LEPTOBARBIDAE, XENOCYPRIDIDAE and TINCIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

Further reading

  • Anonym 1867–1868: [Hoeven, J. van der] Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1867–68 CX-CXI
  • Anonym 1868 [Hoeven, J. van der] Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), London [1](4)
  • Osborn, H. 1952 A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five Hundred Portraits. Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company.
  • Lubach, D. (1868) Jan van der Hoeven geschetst door. In: Album der Natuur, p. 161–165.

Works

External links

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