title: [Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878) physician and passionate naturalist].
abstract: Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878), born in a modest family, made his career as a naturalist and military physician in the Dutch East Indies (1842-1860). He maintained a lively correspondence with Auguste Duméril (Paris). Many scientific museums were eagerly looking forward to receiving parts of his splendid collections of tropical fishes. His "Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néerlandaises" was published between 1862 and 1877. His efforts, in the field of ichthyology and tropical medicine, rendered him two doctorates honoris causa (Leyden University--1846; Utrecht University--1849). In 1855 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1856 he was elected correspondent of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris). In January 1864 he received the knighthood of the "Légion d'honneur" of the French empire.
authors.affiliation: heinluit@hetnet.nl
authors.forename: Teunis Willem
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: van Heiningen
mesh_terms: D006666:History of Medicine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D019021:Natural History / Q000266:history*; D009426:Netherlands