1. Hilbrand Boschma was a Dutch zoologist and director of the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden.
10 Facts About Hilbrand Boschma
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Hilbrand Boschma went to the former Dutch East Indies, where he studied embryology, functional morphology in reptiles and amphibians, and stony corals.
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Hilbrand Boschma joined a Danish expedition to the Kai Islands in 1922 as an associate of the Danish zoologist Dr Th.
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Hilbrand Boschma is taxon author of several different species of fire corals.
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Thereafter Hilbrand Boschma went back to The Netherlands to take up the post of chief assistant at the Zoological Laboratory of the State University at Leiden.
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In 1934 Hilbrand Boschma became director of the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden.
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Hilbrand Boschma was the first director who was specialized in invertebrate animals.
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Hilbrand Boschma was a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1946, Foreign Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Honorary Foreign Member of the Societe zoologique de France, and member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
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Hilbrand Boschma retired at age 65 in 1958, but continued giving lectures until 1963 and writing scientific articles until 1974.
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Hilbrand Boschma is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of reptile, a lobster, and a fish.