Johannes Leendert van Soest
Johannes Leendert van Soest (13 October 1898, the Hague –30 October 1983, Wassenaar) was a Dutch engineer and botanist renowned for his taraxacological work.[1][2]
Biography
J.L. van Soest graduated from the Technical College in Delft (now Delft University of Technology) in 1925. In 1949 he was appointed as a professor there. From 1948 to 1963 he was the director of a physics laboratory.[3] He retired in 1964.
In his spare time and after retirement he worked on botanical subjects, especially the genus Taraxacum (dandelions).[4] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Utrecht for his botanical achievements.[5]
He was an officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[6]
Scientific work
Van Soest was an internationally recognised authority in the genus Taraxacum.[7] He described several hundred new species of dandelions.[8] His herbarium (about 50,000 sheets) was donated to the Rijksherbarium at Leiden.
References
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- ^ "Johannes Leendert van Soest". Flevolands geheugen (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Historie". www.taraxacumnederland.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-10-31.
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- ^ Genealogie, Coret. "Decoration Johannes Leendert van Soest (in the year 1815-1993)". Open Archives. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
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- ^ "Soest, Johannes Leendert van | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Soest.