Background
Meeuse, Adrianus Dirk Jacob was born on October 18, 1914 in Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia. Son of Adrianus and Jannigje (Kruithof) Meeuse.
Meeuse, Adrianus Dirk Jacob was born on October 18, 1914 in Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia. Son of Adrianus and Jannigje (Kruithof) Meeuse.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Leiden (The Netherlands), 1941.
Demonstrator systematic botany Department, University Leiden, l936-38; science officer, Fiber Research Institute, Delft, The Netherlands, l942-52; principal science officer, Botanical Research Institute and National Herbarium, Pretoria, Republic South Africa, l952-60; professor taxonomic botany and phytogeography, U. Amsterdam (The Netherlands), l960-84; professor emeritus, U. Amsterdam (The Netherlands), l984-.
Fellow Linnean Society. Member American Botanical Society, Royal Dutch Botanical Society (past board directors, committee member), Dutch Zoological Society, Dutch Malacological Society, International Society Plant Morphology.
Married Flora Buchan, October 25, 1946 (deceased 1976). Children: Adriaan Andrew Malcolm, Angus Bastiaan Bruce.