Eduard Daniël van Oort explained

Eduard Daniël van Oort
Birth Date:31 October 1876
Birth Place:Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death Place:Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Fields:Ornithology
Workplaces:Rijksmuseum of Natural History

Eduard Daniël van Oort (31 October 1876 in Barneveld, Gelderland  - 21 September 1933 in Leiden) was a Dutch ornithologist.

Oort was in charge of the bird collections at the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden; in 1915 he was made Director of this museum, a position which he held until his death. He was the author of Ornithologia Neerlandica, de vogels van Nederland (1922-1935), with plates by Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (1873-1944). These plates were later licensed by Harry Witherby for use in The Handbook of British Birds (1938-1941).

A species of Indonesian gecko, Lepidodactylus oortii, is named in his honor.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Oort", p. 195).