Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz
Deceased Person
1871 – 1944
Who was Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz?
Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz was a Dutch explorer in New Guinea and diplomat in South Africa.
He was born to Theodorus Apolonius Ninus Lorentz and Marie Soet. Lorentz, son of a tobacco grower in East Java who had returned to the Netherlands, studied law and biology at Utrecht University. He married Marie Lousie Clemence barones van Zuylen van Nievelt.
Lorentz participated in three expeditions to Dutch New Guinea, the present-day Indonesian portion of the island of New Guinea. The first was the North New Guinea Expedition in 1903, led by Arthur Wichmann. Lorentz himself led expeditions in 1907 and 1909-1910.
Lorentz National Park and the Lorentz River in New Guinea are named after him.
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- Born
- Sep 18, 1871
Oudewater - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Education
- Utrecht University
- Died
- Sep 2, 1944
Klerksdorp
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on July 23, 2013
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