Willem Hendrik de Vriese
Willem Hendrik de Vriese | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 January 1862 | (aged 55)
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Spouse |
Charlotta Theodora Antonia Bosse
(m. 1831) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry Botany Natural history |
Institutions | Leiden University |
Thesis | Specimen academicum medicum quo praecipuae exponuntur methodi, quibus utitur therapeutice natiralis, ad sanandos corporis humani morbos chronicos (1830) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | de Vriese |
Willem Hendrik de Vriese (11 August 1806 – 23 January 1862) was a Dutch
Education
Willem Hendrik de Vriese studied medicine at the
Career
He practiced medicine in Rotterdam, where he also gave classes in botany at the medical school. In 1834, he was appointed associate professor of botany at the Athenaeum Illustré in Amsterdam, and in 1841 was promoted to full professor. In 1845, he became a professor of botany at Leiden and successor to Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773–1854) at the Hortus Botanicus Leiden. He became a member of the Royal Dutch Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts in 1838.[1]
In October 1857, he was commissioned to conduct botanical investigations in the
Published works
Among de Vriese's written works was the first part of "Hortus Spaarne-Bergensis" (1839), a catalogue of banker
Vriesea
The botanical genus Vriesea (family Bromeliaceae) [6] was named in de Vriese's honor by British botanist John Lindley (1799–1865).
Referencing His Work
See also
References
- "This article incorporates text based on a translation of an equivalent article at the Dutch Wikipedia".
- ^ "Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806 - 1862)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Vriese, Willem Hendrik de @ Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
- ^ Google Books Plantae Indiae Batavae Orientalis
- ^ OCLC WorldCat Herinneringen aan Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen
- ^ Natural History Museum References
- ^ Jacksbromeliads Cryptanthus; Guzmania; Portea; Quesnelia; Vriesea
- ^ International Plant Names Index. de Vriese.