Dirk Geijskes

Dirk Geijskes
Geijskes (c. 1960)
Born
Dirk Cornelis Geijskes

(1907-05-16)16 May 1907
Kats, Netherlands
Died27 September 1985(1985-09-27) (aged 78)
Leiden, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Biologist, ethnologist, curator
Known forDirector Surinaams Museum, dragonfly collection Naturalis, expeditions to the interior of Suriname

Dirk Cornelis Geijskes (16 May 1907 – 27 September 1985) was a Dutch biologist, ethnologist and curator. He was the first director of the Surinaams Museum.[1] As a biologist, he specialised in dragonflies. He would lead many expeditions into the interior of Suriname. In 1967, he became curator at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie[2] where he started the dragonfly collection. Geijskes is the author of 123 publications,[2] and 25 species have been named after him.[3]

  1. ^ Dierick 1985, p. 241.
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