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Preceded by
  
James Loudon

Name
  
Johan van


Succeeded by
  
Frederik s'Jacob

Resigned
  
1881

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Born
  
16 November 1830 Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia (
1830-11-16
)

Role
  
Former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Died
  
December 17, 1903, Mentone, Alabama, United States

Previous office
  
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1875–1881)

Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge (16 November 1830 – 17 December 1903) was a Dutch diplomat and entomologist.

Lansberge studied at the gymnasium in Zutphen then, from 1848–1854, at the University of Leiden. He held various diplomatic posts in Paris, Madrid, Saint Petersburg and Brussels.From 1875 to 1881 he was Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.

Johan van Lansberge was a keen naturalist especially interested in entomology.

Publication list (partial)

  • 1883. Révision des Onthophagus de l’Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, avec descriptions des espèces nouvelles. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 5 (1): 41-82
  • 1884. Catalogue des prionides de l’Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, avec descriptions des espèces nouvelles. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 6:135–160.
  • 1886. Scarabaeides, Buprestides et Cérambycides de l'Afrique occidentale, envoyés au Musée de Leyde par MM. Veth et Van der Kellen. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 69–120 .
  • 1886. Description d’un Cérambycide de Sumatra, appartenant à un genre nouveau de la tribu des Disténides. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 8:35–36.

    • References

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