23-504: Jaap may refer to: Jaap (given name) , Dutch given name (short for "Jacob") Johnny Jaap (1895–1974), Scottish-American soccer player Jaap, protagonist of the Dutch version of Bobo (Belgian comic) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jaap . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
46-537: A half years as she was detained in separate camps. A colleague, Dr M.A. Lieftinck was allowed to continue to work at the Museum in Bogor during the first year of the occupation. Lieftinck had stored Van der Vecht's collection and library in the museum which meant that both survived the war in good condition. In January 1946 he went home to The Netherlands to recover from his wartime experiences and he also spent three months in
69-496: A member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences , but he was forced to retire for health reasons only five years later. During the latter part of his career Van der Vecht had an important role in the study of Hymenoptera and as a teacher of taxonomy. Together with Charles Ferriere he revived the pre-war Hymenopterorum Catalogus , a work which is still in progress. He was an early advocate of
92-417: A paper which is still important to workers trying to understand the diversity of the carpenter-bees on Sulawesi. Another important paper is on the evolution of some Indo-Australian Eumenes wasps. He observed distinctive differences between the more uniform colour pattern shown by vespid wasps on the large islands in the region and the highly variable patterns of the same species on the small, outer islands of
115-3028: Is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include: Academics [ edit ] Jaap R. Bruijn (1938–2022), Dutch maritime historian Jaap Doek (born 1942), Dutch jurist Jaap van Ginneken (born 1943), Dutch psychologist and communication scholar Jaap Goudsmit (born 1951), Dutch HIV/AIDS researcher Jaap M. Hemelrijk [ de ; nl ] (1925–2018), Dutch archaeologist Jaap van den Herik (born 1947), Dutch computer scientist Jaap van der Hoeden (1891–1968), Dutch and Israeli veterinary research scientist Jacob Kistemaker [ de ; nl ] (1917–2010), Dutch nuclear physicist Jaap Korevaar (born 1923), Dutch mathematician Jaap Kruithof (1929–2009), Belgian philosopher and writer Jaap Kunst (1891–1960), Dutch ethnomusicologist Jaap Mansfeld (born 1936), Dutch philosopher and historian Jaap Murre (1929–2023), Dutch mathematician Jaap van Praag (1911–1981), Dutch humanist Jaap Schekkerman (born 1953), Dutch computer scientist Jaap Sinninghe Damsté [ de ; nl ] (born 1959), Dutch paleontologist Jaap van der Vecht (1906–1992), Dutch entomologist Jaap van Velsen (1921–1990), Dutch-born British anthropologist Jaap J. Vermeulen (born 1955), Dutch botanist Jaap Wessels (1939–2009), Dutch mathematician Jaap de Wilde (born 1957), Dutch international relations scholar Jaap de Zwaan (born 1949), Dutch lawyer and legal scholar Jaap Zwemmer (born 1945), Dutch fiscal jurist Arts [ edit ] Jaap Bakema (1914–1981), Dutch modernist architect Jaap Berghuis (1945–2005), Dutch artist Jaap Blonk (born 1953), Dutch avant-garde composer and performance artist Jaap Drupsteen (born 1942), Dutch graphic designer Jaap Eggermont (born 1946), Dutch record producer Jaap Flier (1934–2022), Dutch dancer and choreographer Jaap Gestman Geradts (born 1951), Dutch pin-up artist Jaap Klinkhamer (1854–1928), Dutch architect Jaap Lamberton , Dutch comics artist Jaap ter Linden (born 1947), Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor Jaap Reesema (born 1984), Dutch singer Jaap Schreurs (1913–1983), Dutch painter and graphic artist Jaap Schröder (1925–2020), Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue Jaap Spaanderman (1896–1985), Dutch pianist, cellist, and conductor Jaap Speyer (1891–1952), Dutch film director Jaap Stotijn (1891–1970), Dutch oboist Jaap Valkhoff (1910–1992), Dutch musician, composer and lyricist Jaap Vegter (1932–2003), Dutch cartoonist Jaap van Zweden (born 1960), Dutch violinist and conductor Politics [ edit ] Jaap van Amerongen (1913–1995), Dutch-Israeli economist and government official Jaap Boersma (1929–2012), Dutch Minister of Social Affairs Jaap Burger (1904–1986), Dutch Minister of
138-707: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jacobus van der Vecht Jacobus van der Vecht (5 July 1906 – 15 March 1992), nicknamed Jaap, was a Dutch entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera , especially those of the East Indies and New Guinea . Van der Vecht was born in The Hague on 5 July 1906. His father, the Master of the Wine Cellars at the court of the then Queen Dowager of
161-751: The Netherlands , Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont , had an interest in natural history and reared butterflies as a hobby. He enjoyed taking his sons on walks to study nature and this encouraged a passion for biology in Jacobus. Van der Vecht left school in The Hague and enrolled to study Biology at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden . Here he began to study the Aculeate Hymenoptera especially the taxonomy of bees, concentrating on
184-728: The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden. He was appointed professor "extraordinaris" for zoological taxonomy at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in 1962, and then in 1964 he succeeded Hilbrand Boschma as professor of systematic zoology at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, which meant that he had to resign from his post at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. In 1963 he was chosen
207-742: The USA , so that he could study the latest developments of agricultural entomology. In 1947 he returned to Java to take up the position of head of the Institute for Plant Diseases and Pests at Bogor and here he cared for the important collection of insects. He returned to The Netherlands in 1951 but he was appointed professor of entomology and nematology in the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Indonesia at Bogor in 1952. Van der Vecht directed most of his attention to entomology during his tenure at
230-3507: The Interior Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Dutch Secretary General of NATO Jaap Marais (1922–2000), Afrikaner nationalist thinker, author and politician Jaap Metz (1941–2016), Dutch journalist and politician Jaap Oldenbroek (1897–1970), Dutch trade union leader and politician Jaap Pop (born 1941), Dutch mayor of Franeker, Tiel, Alkmaar and Haarlem Jaap Schrieke (1884–1976), Dutch jurist and administrator during WWII Jaap Smit (born 1957), Dutch preacher and trade unionist Sports [ edit ] Jaap Barendregt (1905–1952), Dutch footballer Jaap Beije (1927–2013), Dutch rower Jaap Boot (1903–1986), Dutch sprinter and long jumper Jaap Bulder (1896–1979), Dutch footballer Jaap-Derk Buma (born 1972), Dutch field hockey player Jaap Davids (born 1984), Dutch footballer Jaap van Dorp (born 1990), Dutch curler Jaap van Duijn (born 1990), Dutch footballer Jaap Eden (1873–1925), Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist The Jaap Eden Award , Jaap Eden baan and Jaap Edenhal are named after him Jaap Enters (born 1939), Dutch rower Jaap Havekotte (1912–2014), Dutch speed skater Jaap Helder (1907–1998), Dutch sports sailor Jaap Kersten (born 1934), Dutch racing cyclist Jaap ten Kortenaar (born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist Jaap Knol (1896–1975), Dutch javelin thrower Jaap Kraaier (1913–2004), Dutch canoeist Jaap Krijtenburg (born 1969), Dutch rower Jaap van Lagen (born 1976), Dutch racing driver Jaap van der Leck (1911–2000), Dutch football manager Jaap Leemhuis (1941–2014), Dutch field hockey player Jaap Meijer (1905–1943), Dutch track cyclist Jaap Mol (1912–1972), Dutch footballer Jaap Oudkerk (born 1937), Dutch track cyclist Jaap van der Poll (1914–2010), Dutch javelin thrower Jaap van Praag (1910–1987), Dutch football administrator, chairman of Ajax Jaap Reesink (born 1946), Dutch rower Jaap Rijks (1919–2017), Dutch equestrian Jaap Schouten (born 1984), Dutch rower Jaap Sjouwerman (1891–1964), Dutch wrestler Jaap Stam (born 1972), Dutch football player and manager Jaap Stenger (1907–1992), Dutch rower Jaap Stockmann (born 1984), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper Jaap Voigt (born 1941), Dutch field hockey player Jaap Weber (1901–1979), Dutch footballer Jaap de Zeeuw (born 1954), Dutch sports sailor Jaap Zielhuis (born 1966), Dutch sports sailor Writers [ edit ] Jaap ter Haar (1922–1998), Dutch writer of children's books and historian Jaap Nunes Vaz (1906–1943), Dutch journalist, writer, and editor Other [ edit ] Jaap Amesz (born 1982), Dutch television personality Jaap Blokker (1942–2011), Dutch businessman and executive Jaap Haartsen (born 1963), Dutch electrical engineer and inventor of Bluetooth Jaap van Meekren [ nl ] (1923–1997), Dutch television journalist and presenter Jaap Penraat (1918–2006), Dutch resistance fighter during World War II Jaap Staal (1913–1981), Dutch commando during World War II Jaap Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927–1977), Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor Jaap Weideman (1936–1996), South African Navy officer See also [ edit ] Jaap Sahib , Sikh prayer [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
253-625: The University of Indonesia. With Lieftinck he tried to sustain the Entomological Society of Indonesia which was problematic as there were few full-time entomologists who remained in Indonesia after the independence from The Netherlands. Van der Vecht left Indonesia to return to The Netherlands in 1955 as working in Indonesia became difficult, this time the move was permanent. He took up the position of curator of Hymenoptera at
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#1732780220319276-509: The archipelago. This led to an interest in the evolutionary importance of nest structure in the wasps in the family Vespidae. In addition, he discovered " Van der Vecht's gland ", which is an organ which produces a secretion which some groups of vespids use to protect their nests from ants. Following the Japanese occupation of Indonesia Van der Vecht was detained in prison camps in the harsh circumstances which these camps are notorious for. He
299-556: The effect of parasites and hyperparasites. The results were to be published in 1941, but the proofs and illustrations were lost during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies . However, a copy of the manuscript was found and published in 1950, after new illustrations had been prepared. Yet another research interest was the influence of climate on pests, publishing an important paper in collaboration with F. H. Schmidt on
322-615: The fluctuation of the east monsoon in Java and Madura . When the war ended he studied the disease of rice, known as mentek in Indonesia , but he failed to establish the cause of the disease. Later Van der Vecht grew interested in the biogeography of the Indo-Malaysian area which became an important area of research for him. He began his research in this subject resulted in a paper on the carpenter bees ( Xylocopa ) of Celebes ,
345-495: The function of one eye when he was hit by a tennis ball. During this time he published work on the Indo-Australian Hymenopteran fauna including publications on Trigonalidae , Vespidae , Sphecidae, Apidae , Sapygidae and Pompilidae . At the same time he was undertaking studies on economically important species of animals, mainly pests and their parasites. One important field of his professional research
368-633: The importance of phylogenetics for taxonomy. He was president of the Netherlands Entomological Society between 1961 and 1968. He travelled on collecting trips, often with his wife, to destinations such as Suriname , Papua New Guinea and Argentina where he collected Hymenoptera specimens as well as meeting friends and colleagues in the field of Aculeate Hymenoptera. During his life he was an enthusiastic collector of Hymenoptera and during his retirement he continued, especially collecting specimens of parasitic Hymenoptera around
391-697: The large mining bee genus Andrena and the wasps in the family Sphecidae . He graduated with a master's degree in 1928. After graduating Van der Vecht took a position in the Dutch East Indies at the Instituut voor Plantenziekten at Buitenzorg (the Institute for Plant Diseases and Pests at Bogor) in Java . While he was in Bogor he continued his work on Hymenoptera in his spare time, although he had other competing interests. For example, he lost most of
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460-521: The village of Putten , where he and Bep had made their home in a bungalow named Andrena after the bees which he started to study at the beginning of his career, and its surroundings. He was energetic in helping to improve the collection of Hymenoptera in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie at Leiden as well as continuing to publish papers into his eighties. In retirement Van der Vecht and his wife struggled with bouts of mental illness. His wife died in 1986 and their only child had died as an infant before
483-401: The war; the couple were unable to have any more children after their experiences in the Japanese prison camps during the war. A number of species have been named in honour of Van der Vecht by other entomologists, mainly Hymenoptera, and examples these include the ichneumonid Aulosaphes vechti , the eusocial hover wasp Liostenogaster vechti , the small carpenter bee Ceratina vechti ,
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#1732780220319506-525: Was taken from Java to Burma where he worked as a slave labourer on the infamous Burma Railway . The harsh treatment he received during this time affected him for most of his life. After he was liberated he stayed for a while in Singapore at the Raffles Museum before he returned to Java where he was reunited with his wife, Elizabeth M. "Bep" Bourguignon, who he had been separated from for three and
529-411: Was the fluctuations in pest populations and this resulted in his thesis on a bug which is a pest of the pepper plant, Dasynus piperis which resulted in his being awarded a PhD from the University of Leiden. Another research project undertaken by him involved the rearing of 40 successive generations of the coconut leafmoth Artona catoxantha so that he could study its population dynamics, habits and
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