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Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal
Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal (23 April 1880 – 28 May 1952) was a Dutch entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Corporaal was considered a world authority on the beetle family Cleridae. Biography Corporaal was born at The Hague on 23 April 1880. His parents were an Official, Gerard Cornelis Corporaal (also known as Cornelis Gerardus Korporaal) and Anna Corporaal (née van Hunsel), who were married on 21 June 1877. Corporaal's early education was at the Technische Hogeschool in Delft; he then moved to Wageningen for studies at the National Agricultural School, hoping to go on to work in Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies). He received his Agricultural diploma on 5 July 1902. In 1903 Corporaal traveled to Indonesia, where he worked first at Java and then at Sumatra as an assistant tobacco planter at plantations belonging to the company Senembah Maatschappij. From 1912 Corporaal was Manager of a tea and rubber plantation in Java. Corporaal's work involved using his agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague, Netherlands
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and has been described as the country's ''de facto'' capital since the time of the Dutch Republic, while Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area containing over 800,000 residents, and is also part of the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, which, with a population of approximately 2.6 million, is the largest metropolitan area of the Netherlands. The city is also part of the Randstad region, one of the largest conurbations in Europe. The Hague is the seat of the Cabinet, the States General, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State of the Netherlands. King Willem-Alexander officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
