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Frederik Willem van Eeden | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Van Eeden by Thérèse Schwartze (1899) | |
| Born | Frederik Willem van Eeden 26 October 1829 |
| Died | 4 May 1901 (aged 71) Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Spouse |
Neeltje van Marmelo
(m. 1856–1901) |
| Children |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
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Frederik Willem van Eeden (26 October 1829 – 4 May 1901) was a Dutch botanist.
Early life[edit]
Frederik Willem van Eeden was born on 26 October, 1829 in Haarlem, to the florist Jan Arie van Eeden and his wife Elizabeth Johanna van Andel.[1][2]
As a child, he assisted his father with floristry, during which he gained a passion for botany. (source is diary)
Career and later life[edit]
Personal life[edit]
Van Eeden enjoyed writing and kept a highly personal diary from the the age of 23 to 37. He was fluent in Dutch, German, French, Italian, and English, and often switched among the languages in his diary, likely as a precautionary method. The final pages of the diary contain a fairy tale, which he began to write on 21 July, 1867.
Family[edit]
Van Eeden's father was the florist Jan Arie van Eeden (1795 – 1858) and his mother was Elizabeth Johanna van Andel (1801 – 1869).
On 2 October 1856 he married Neeltje van Warmelo (1833 – 1919), the daughter of a Christian minister, (source for minister claim is in diary source) in the city of Leiden. They had 2 sons, Johan van Eeden (1857 – 1906) and the writer Frederik van Eeden.
Relationship with Frederik[edit]
Beliefs[edit]
On religion and science[edit]
On politics[edit]
On women[edit]
Van Eeden held misogynistic and socially conservative views on the role of women in society.
Honours[edit]
Awards[edit]
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Memberships[edit]
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Memorials[edit]
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Publications[edit]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
Informational notes[edit]
Citations and bibliography[edit]
- ^ Genealogie, Coret. "Marriage Jan Arie van Eeden & Elisabeth Johanna van Andel on November 2, 1825 in 's-Gravenhage (Netherlands)". Open Archives. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
- ^ Molhuysen, P. C.; Blok, P. J., eds. (1914). Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. p. 318.