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To promote the study and work in the field of theoretical biology, a foundation for theoretical animal and human biology has been established at the University of Leyden. In memory of Van der Hoeven (1801-68), professor of zoology in the University and author of the “Philosophia Zoologica”, it is called “Prof. Dr. Jan van der Hoeven Stichting voor theoretische biologie van dier en mensch”. The chief objects of the foundation are: (1) to arrange for lectures at the University of Leyden; (2) to bring Leyden biologists who are interested in theoretical biology into contact with their colleagues in Holland and abroad; and to promote the cooperation of theoretical biologists all over the world, for example, by arranging international symposia on theoretical biology; (3) to publish articles' on theoretical biology; (4) to found a library on this subject. The directors of the Foundation are: Dr. C. J. van der Klaauw, professor of general zoology at the University of Leyden, Dr. J. A. J. Barge, professor of medical anatomy at the University of Leyden, and Dr. Adolf Meyer, professor of theoretical biology at the University of Hamburg.
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Foundation for Theoretical Biology at Leyden. Nature 136, 99 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136099b0
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