Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher
Jacob Cornelis Mattheus Radermacher (* 1741 in The Hague, † December 24, 1783 ) (also Jacobus Cornelius Matthew or Jacob Cornelis Matthieu, last name sometimes Rademacher ) was a Dutch botanist and writer and member of the Dutch East India Company. His botanical author abbreviation is " Raderm. ".
Life
He was the son of Jacob Cornelis Radermacher (1700-1748), treasurer of the Prince of Orange and Susanna van Ignatia Schinne (1706 - ).
He joined in 1757 as a merchant in the service of the VOC, and came to Batavia ( now Jakarta ). In 1763 he returned to Holland to study law in Harderwijk. After successful studies he settled on 13 June 1766 Arnhem down, but already on 20 December 1766 he embarked on again to Batavia. He began his career as a civil servant of the East India Company. 1776, he was appointed to the Raad - Extraordinair of the Dutch East Indies and president of the aldermen College and in 1781 he was Raad - Oordinair.
In 1783 he was for health reasons back to Europe and became vice- admiral of the fleet from Batavia to Holland. During the trip, there was a mutiny in which he and his wife were killed on 24 December 1783.
Discount
Jacob Rademacher was very interested in the cultural development of the country. He has founded in 1762 a Masonic lodge in Batavia. After his return from studying in Holland, he began with the founding of the van Kunsten en Bataviaasch Genootschap Wetenschappen. A project that was successful in 1778. The company was headquartered initially at his country estate.
He has published numerous geographical and ethnographic works about the Dutch East Indies with descriptions of Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Flores, Sumbawa, Bali and Lombok. Also the description of an earthquake in Japan on January 22 in 1780.
In his time on Java and Sumatra, he collected and described numerous species of plants. According to him the genus Radermachera is named.
Family
On May 21, 1761, he married Margaretha Sophia Verijssel († 1781 ), daughter of Hugo and Sophia Verijssel Westpal ( 1722-1785 ) ( After the death of Verijssel she married later Governor General Reinier de Klerk ).
- Frans Reinier (* March 1, 1765, † 1816) returned to Holland and married on July 2, 1785 Johanna Margaretha van Hoorn
- Johannes Cornelis (1766-1767)
1781, after the death of his first wife Margaretha Sophia, he married Anna Jacoba Bosch ( 1768-1783 ).