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Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker 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.
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science · Dutch medical doctor/physician, ichthyologist, & herpetologist (1819–1878) · zoologist · ichthyologist · physician · military officer of healthcare · scientific illustrator · scientific collector · also Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker
Born 10 July 1819 · Died 24 January 1878 · Q446239
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1995· 1 entry
Published “AFLP: a new technique for DNA fingerprinting” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 8,344 times.
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1878· 1 entry
Died 1878-01-24.
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1862· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of Saint Michael (1862).
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1861· 1 entry
Awarded Commander 2nd Class of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous (1861).
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1860· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Friedrich Order (1860).
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Started publishing the Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, a comprehensive account of his studies done in Indonesia, featuring over 1,500 illustrations
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1859· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class (1859).
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1858· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) (1858).
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1857· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown (1857).
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1856· 2 entries
Awarded Officers' Cross (1856).
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Was elected correspondent for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris
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1855· 1 entry
Became correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, department Natuurkunde (then Natural Sciences), and in 1862 a member
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1851· 1 entry
Career landmark: director (1851).
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1849· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1849).
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1819· 1 entry
Born 1819-07-10.
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