Pieter Boddaert
Pieter Boddaert | |
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| Born | 1730 |
| Died | 6 May 1795 (aged 64–65) |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University - |
| Known for | Elenchus Animalium |
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| Fields | Physician,Natural history |
| Institutions | University of Utrecht |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Bodd. |
Pieter Boddaert(1730 – 6 May 1795)[1]was a Dutchphysicianandnaturalist.
Early life, family and education
[edit]Boddaert was the son of a Middelburg jurist and poet by the same name (1694–1760). The younger Pieter obtained his M.D. at theUniversity of Utrechtin 1764.
Career
[edit]He became a lecturer onnatural historyat his alma mater, University of Utrecht. Fourteen letters survive of his correspondence withCarl Linnaeusbetween 1768 and 1775.[2]He was a friend ofAlbert Schlosser,whosecabinet of "curiosities"of natural history he described.
In 1783 he published 50 copies of an identification key ofEdmé-Louis Daubenton'sPlanches enluminées,the colored plates of illustrations for thecomte de Buffon's monumentalHistoire Naturelle(published 1749–1789), assigning binomial scientific names to the plates.[3][4][5]As many of these were the firstLinnaean scientific namesto be proposed, they remain in use. In 2017 the world list of birds maintained byFrank Gilland David Donsker on behalf of theInternational Ornithologists' Unionincluded 190taxafor which Boddaert is cited as theauthority.Of these 112 are treated asspeciesand 78 assubspecies.One species, thehoopoe starling,is now extinct.[6]
In 1784 he publishedElenchus Animalium,a "directory of animals" that included the first binomial names for a number of mammals, including theQuaggaand theTarpan.[7]
Honors and awards
[edit]Boddaert is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American snake,Mastigodryas boddaerti.[8]
References
[edit]- ^Masi, Alberto."Neornithes: nomina avium- Author A-C ".Scricciolo.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-08.Retrieved2014-02-21.
- ^"The Linnaean Correspondence - Biography".Linnaeus.c18.net.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-12-05.Retrieved2014-02-21.
- ^Newton, Alfred(1893–1896).A Dictionary of Birds.London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 13 Note 2.Archivedfrom the original on 2023-11-13.Retrieved2023-12-31.
- ^Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de;Martinet, François-Nicolas;Daubenton, Edme-Louis;Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie(1765–1783).Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle(in French). Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale.doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51460.(10 volumes)
- ^Boddaert, Pieter(1783).Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton: avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precedé d'une notice des principaux ouvrages zoologiques enluminés[Table of illuminated plates of natural history by M. D'Aubenton: with the names of M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus and Latham, preceded by a notice of the main illuminated zoological works] (in French). Utrecht.doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39835.
- ^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David, eds. (2016)."World Bird List Version 6.4".International Ornithologists' Union.Archivedfrom the original on 4 November 2017.Retrieved7 November2017.
- ^Boddaert, Pieter(1784).Elenchus animalium(in Latin). Rotterdam: C.R. Hake.doi:10.5962/bhl.title.40283.
- ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). "Boddaert".The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 29.ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5.
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