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Sterrenburg, F.A.S.; Wolf, H. de. |
Johannes Kinker (1823-1900) was a typical representative of the Victorian ‘amateur-savant’. As a wellto- do stockbroker he was able to invest considerable time and money into studies of nature, first entomology and subsequently diatoms. The latter subject flourished in the late 19th century and, among his international contemporaries, Kinker was regarded as “the only Dutch diatomist of renown”. There is a marked discrepancy between this reputation in his own time and his complete obscurity since, for which there are two reasons; Kinker did not publish, and his collection was not known to exist. Our discovery of the virtually intact Kinker diatom collection after it had vanished for a century can be regarded as a cultural heritage conservation paradigm; the... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Diatoms; Typification; 42.35. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215472 |
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