Sytze Bottema

Background

Bottema, Sytze was born on October 6, 1937 in Groningen, The Netherlands. Son of Johannes Auke and Catharina (Anna) Teenstra Bottema.

Education

Bachelor, University Groningen, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Groningen, 1963.

Career

Assistant, U. Groningen/The Netherlands Biological-Archaeol. Institute, 1963; doctoral assistant, U. Groningen/The Netherlands Biological-Archaeol. Institute, 1964-1967; head assistant, scientific associate, U. Groningen/The Netherlands Biological-Archaeol.

Institute, 1968-1970, 70-75; head scientific associate, U. Groningen/The Netherlands Biological-Archaeol. Institute, 1975-1985; university docent, U. Groningen/The Netherlands Biological-Archaeol. Institute, 1985-1987; university head docent, U. Groningen/The Netherlands Biological-Archaeol.

Institute, since 1987. Extraordinary professor in Near Eastern Archaeology, Leiden U., The Netherlands, since 1992. Extraordinary professor in palaeoecology, Groningen U., since 1994.

Achievements

• Sytze Bottema has been listed as a noteworthy botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Late Quaternary Vegetation of the Near East (Tubinger Atlas Des Vorderen Orients)

Membership

Founder Rare Breeds Trust, 1976. Member Provincial Organization for the Environment 1975-1984, Provincial Organization for Nature Conservation, 1974-1990, State Fauna Commission, 1984-1994.

Interests

• Avocations: mainstream jazz, ornamental waterfowl breeding/ornithology, gun and bow shooting, competition table tennis.

Connections

Married Jeanne Nicole Mac Gillavry, December 17, 1965. Children: Fionna, Wytske.

Father:

Johannes Auke Bottema

Mother:

Catharina (Anna) Teenstra Bottema

Spouse:

Jeanne Nicole Mac Gillavry

child:

Wytske Bottema

child:

Fionna Bottema