Andries Hoogerwerf (29 August 1906 – 5 February 1977) was a Dutch

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athlete,

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and conservationist, who spent much of his working life in the

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and

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. Hoogerwerf's athletics career lasted from the early 1920s until 1930, during which period he competed in middle-distance

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events. In 1923 Hoogerwerf established his first Dutch national record, completing the

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in 1:56.6. In the 1000 m event he improved the Dutch record even three times, starting with 2:40.2 in 1929 and ending in 2:35.2 in 1930. In 1930 he finally also improved the Dutch

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record from 4:10.6 into 4:08.6. Hoogerwerf competed in the

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as a member of the Dutch

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team. The team was eliminated in the qualifications. In 1927, 1929 and 1930 Andries Hoogerwerf was Dutch 800 m champion. Besides he was also a member of the 4 × 400 m relay team of his club ''HAV'', that captured the Dutch title in 1926, 1927 en 1929.Van Ravensberg, Frank. (2005). Andries Hoogerwerf. Honderd Haarlemse Helde

Accessed 18 November 2008 In 1931 Hoogerwerf moved to

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in the

(now Indonesia), where he worked at the

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. He was appointed the nature protection officer of the colony's nature reserves in 1935,Cribb, R.B.; & Kahin, Audrey. (2004). ''Historical Dictionary of Indonesia''. Scarecrow Press. p.90. and is especially associated with

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, Indonesia's first, and the conservation of the

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. Hoogerwerf returned to the Netherlands in 1957, although continuing to visit

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. He was also stationed from October 1962 to April 1963 at the Agricultural Experimental Station at

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, serving as its Scientific Officer.National Herbarium Nederland: Andries Hoogerwerf
Accessed 18 November 2008 He eventually settled at the town of

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in the Netherlands, where he died of

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in 1977. He is commemorated in the names of Hoogerwerf's rat (''Rattus hoogerwerfi'') and the Hoogerwerf's pheasant (''Lophura hoogerwerfi'').

Publications

As well as numerous reports and some 250 scientific papers, books authored by Hoogerwerf include: * 1938 – ''De avifauna van Batavia en omstreken''. Leiden. * 1949 – ''Bijdrage tot de oölogie van Java''. Netherlands. * 1949 – ''De avifauna van de Plantentuin te Buitenzorg (Java)''. Buitenzorg. * 1949 – ''De Avifauna van Tjibodas en omgeving''. Buitenzorg. * 1953 – ''An Ornithological bibliography having particular reference to the study of the Birds of Java''. Jakarta. * 1967 – ''A further contribution to our oological knowledge of the Island of Java (Indonesia)''. Leiden. (with W.Ph.J. Hellebrekers). * 1970 – ''Udjung Kulon: The Land of the Last Javan Rhinoceros''. Brill: Leiden. * selection of scientific papers written by A. Hoogerwerf and published in Leide

References

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