Pieter Bleeker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pieter Bleeker

Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist (1819-1878)

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1819

Place of Birth: Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1878

Profession: zoologist, ichthyologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Pieter Bleeker (July 10, 1819, Zaandam – January 24, 1878, The Hague) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.
He was famous for the Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877.