Geijskes, D. C.
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- Summary
- Dirk Cornelis Geijskes was a Dutch biologist, ethnologist and curator. He was the first director of the Surinaams Museum. As a biologist, he specialised in dragonflies. He would lead many expeditions into the interior of Suriname. In 1967, he became curator at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie where he started the dragonfly collection. Geijskes is the author of 123 publications, and 25 species have been named after him. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [2][3][1]
- Born
- 1907-05-16 [3]
- Birth Place
- Nordbeveland [3]
- Died
- 1985-10-27 [3]
- Death Place
- Leiden [3]
- Country
- Netherlands [3]
- Occupation
- curator [1]
- biologist [1]
- entomologist [1]
- Suriname studies researcher [1]
- explorer [1]
- Employer
- Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie [1]
- Surinaams Museum [1]
- Work Place
- Leiden [3]
- Educated at
- Leiden University [1]
- University of Basel [1]
- Country of Education
- Switzerland [1]
- Netherlands [1]
- Sources
- 1. Wikidata
- 2. VIAF
- 3. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
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