About Arnout Vosmaer
Lived 1720 – 1799 (aged 78). Arnout Vosmaer was an art collector, naturalist, writer and zoologist.
Arnout Vosmaer (23 September 1720 – 15 January 1799) was a Dutch naturalist and collection curator.
Life Arnout Vosmaer was born in Rotterdam on 23 September 1720 and died in The Hague on 15 January 1799. Very little is known about his personal life.
In 1756 Vosmaer became the director of a natural history collection started by Princess Anna, the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange and continued by their son William V. Vosmaer held the post until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
Vosmaer's eclectus (Eclectus roratus vosmaeri), a subspecies of the Moluccan eclectus parrot native to North Maluku is named after him.
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Who was Arnout Vosmaer?
Dutch naturalist and collection curator (1720–1799)
When was Arnout Vosmaer born?
Arnout Vosmaer was born on 23 October 1720 in Rotterdam.
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Arnout Vosmaer died on 15 January 1799 in The Hague.
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Arnout Vosmaer was an art collector, naturalist, writer and zoologist.
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