Rudolf van Eecke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf van Eecke

Dutch entomologist

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1886

Place of Birth: Java, Indonesia

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1975

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rudolf (or Rudolph) van Eecke (23 October 1886, Buitenzorg, Java - 24 December 1975, Leiden) was a Dutch entomologist. He attended the gymnasium in Leiden.
In 1912 he married Wilhelmina Henriëtte Petré then in 1927 Margaretha Emma Julia Hettyey.
In 1916 (Leidsch Jaarboekje 1917) he became a conservator at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie now merged with Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie as Naturalis, where he worked on Lepidoptera.