Willem Marius Docters van Leeuwen
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Willem Joannes Julius Docters van Leeuwen | |
| Moeder: | Maria Johanna Gerrardina Vogelpoot | |
| Geboren: | 16 MRT 1880 | Batavia |
| Overleden: | 25 Feb 1960 | Leersum |
| Beroep: | doctor plant- en dierkunde | |
| Aantekeningen: | Memberships: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen Correspondent "Afdeling Natuurkunde" / (resigned): 13-5-1916 - 05-09-1932 ====== Biologist who was educated at Amsterdam University, where he took his Ph.Drs degree in 1907; entomologist in the employ of the General Experiment Station at Salatiga (Centr. Java), 1908-09; teacher of natural history at secondary schools at Semarang (1909-15) and Bandoeng (1915-18; besides Director); Director of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg (1918-32) and besides (1926-32) Extraordinary Professor at the Medical College, Batavia. When pensioned off in 1932, he returned to Holland, and settled at Leersum. After some years he was appointed University Lecturer at Amsterdam and in 1942 Professor. During his term of office in Java, his studies especially covered the field of general biology, viz Zoocecidia, symbiosis of ants and plants, flower biology, seed dispersal, investigations on the mountain flora and the succession in the new vegetation of the isle of Krakatau.1 He was an excellent photographer; his negatives are deposited at the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens. Several plants were named after him. nationaalherbarium.nl |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Jenny Reijnvaan | geb. 1841 overl. 20 MRT 1932 |
| Huwelijk: | 22 Aug 1907 | Bloemendaal |