Medal of Pierre Joseph van Beneden, by E.D. Geerts, Belgium, 1886 | |
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| Inventory Number: | 13511 |
| Object Type: | |
| Persons: |
E. D. Geerts (Maker) |
| Date Created: | 1886 |
| Place Created: | Belgium Europe |
| Accession Number: | 1970-101/part |
| Brief Description: | A circular bronze medal. Obverse: Bust of Van Beneden Reverse: "VIRO DOCTISSIMO ET CELEBERRIMO P.J. VAN BENEDEN PER DECEM JAM LUSTRA IN UNIVERSITATE CATHOLICA LOVANIENSI PROFESSORI MDCCCXXXVI-MDCCCLXXXVI" The lid of the package that the medal was mailed in remains. It had a postage stamp from Belgium for 10 c. Pierre Joseph van Beneden (1809-1894) was a nauralist who founded in 1843 the first laboratory and aquarium for the study of marine life. In 1881 he was president of the Royal Belgian Academy |
| Primary Inscriptions: | "ED. Geerts F." on obverse |
| Provenance: | Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection.
Presented by Pieters-Rualein, 1886 |
| Collection Group: | Royal Microscopical Society Collection |
| Material(s): |
Bronze |
There are no associated narratives. | |
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