Jacobus P. Thijsse
Dutch conservationist (1865-1945)
Jacobus Pieter Thijsse (25 July 1865 – 8 January 1945) was a Dutch conservationist and botanist. He founded the Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands. Along with Eli Heimans and Johannes Bernink, he was active in a period of revival of biological education known as biologisch reveil.
Biography
Thijsse was the son of infantry sergeant Jacobus Thijsse and Catharina Johanna Priester. He grew up in Maastricht, Grave and Woerden. In 1877 the father retired from the army and the family moved to Wagenaarstraat in Amsterdam where Thijsse went to the Municipal School. Here he was taught by Coenraad Kerbert who took him on walks in the parks. In 1883 he qualified as a teacher of modern languages and taught in primary schools in Amsterdam. In 1890 he headed the French School in Den Burg on Texel. Here he started studying the plants, birds, and insects.
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