Pieter Bleeker [SEP] place of death
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (July 10, 1819, Zaandam – January 24, 1878, The Hague) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the "Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises", his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877.
Life and work.
Bleeker was employed as a medical officer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army from 1842 to 1860, stationed in Indonesia. During that time, he did most of his ichthyology
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