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animal ecology professor

Kornelis Bakker, Dutch animal ecology professor. Member Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences, British Ecological Society (honorary), American Society Naturalists, European Society Evolutionary Biology, Dutch Society Sciences, Rotary (Leiden West lodge).

Background

Bakker, Kornelis was born on April 28, 1931 in Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Son of Dirk Jan and Wilhelmina Maria (Jonker) Bakker.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1954. Master of Science in Biology, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Leiden, The Netherlands, 1961.

Career

Research worker University Leiden, 1956-1959, senior research worker, 1959-1964, reader, 1964-1970, professor, since 1970.

Works

  • Other Work

    • Co-author, co-editor: Meyendel Dunes, Water, Life, 1974, Introduction to Ecology, 1985. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences, British Ecological Society (honorary), American Society Naturalists, European Society Evolutionary Biology, Dutch Society Sciences, Rotary (Leiden West lodge).

Interests

  • Music, literature, gardening, skating.

Connections

Married Margaretha Antoinette Duyser, October 11, 1956. Children: Iefke, Annemieke, Dirk January.

Father:
Dirk Jan Bakker

Mother:
Wilhelmina Maria (Jonker) Bakker

Spouse:
Margaretha Antoinette Duyser

child:
Iefke Bakker

child:
Annemieke Bakker

child:
Dirk January Bakker