Jan van der Hoeven was a Dutch zoologist. His most famous book is Handboek der Dierkunde (1827-1833), translated into German and English. He wrote as readily about crocodiles as about butterflies, lancelets and lemurs.
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Jan van der Hoeven was a Dutch zoologist. His most famous book is Handboek der Dierkunde (1827-1833), translated into German and English. He wrote as readily about crocodiles as about butterflies, lancelets and lemurs. His research on the nautilus resulted in the discovery of a secondary sexual organ of unknown function which was then named after him as Hoeven's organ or Van der Hoeven's organ.
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Lived 1801 to 1868 · aged 67
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