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Johannes François Snelleman
1852Dec, 26

Johannes François Snelleman

Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938)
Johannes François Snelleman (Rotterdam, 26 December 1852 – The Hague, 18 May 1938) was a Dutch zoologist, orientalist, ethnographer and museum director. He was a son of Christiaan Snelleman and Sara Lacombe. Snelleman was married three times, to Josepha Hendrika Dupont (1860-1899), Catharina Johanna Elisabeth Augusta Inckel (born 1870), and Theodora Maria Beun (1887-1964).

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