Johan Burgers
Johan Burgers | |
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Born | Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus Burgers 31 January 1870 |
Died | 12 June 1943 | (aged 73)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | zoo founder and director |
Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus Burgers (31 January 1870 – 12 June 1943) was in 1913 the founder of Burgers' Dierenpark, nowadays called Royal Burgers' Zoo. He was the owner and director of it until 1939. His youngest daughter Lucie Burgers was his successor, with her husband Reinier van Hooff. Their son, Antoon van Hooff (1937-2004), further developed the zoo.[1]
Biography
Johan Burgers was born in
In 1913, Burgers opened the site for the public, and added other animals like foxes, wolves and flamingos. Burgers Zoo was the first privately owned public zoo in the Netherlands,
In the 1940s, Burgers contracted cancer. Burgers died in Arnhem on 12 June 1943.[1]
Family
Burgers was married to Maria Erwig and they had three children together.[1]
Jan van Hooff, biologist and professor of comparative physiology at Utrecht University is one of his grandchildren.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Burgers, Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus (1870-1943)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands. November 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Burgers Zoo bestaat 100 jaar". Is Geschiedenis (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Burgers en Hoefers". Arnhem 2day (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Voliere in Artis". City Archive Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Jan van Hooff". Society of Utrecht Biologists (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 June 2020.