Coenraad Ritsema, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Coenraad Ritsema

Dutch entomologist (1846–1929)

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1846

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1929

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Coenraad Ritsema, also Cornelius Conrad Ritsema (13 April 1846, Haarlem - 9 January 1929, Wageningen) was a Dutch entomologist. Ritsema was a Curator at RMNH Rijksmuseum van Natuurlike in Leiden from 1873 to 1916 and wrote many short papers describing new species of Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. As part of his duties at the Leiden museum he worked in other fields for instance on Decapoda. He was a specialist on Helotidae.