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Nationality
  
Dutch

Spouse
  
Anita Malo

Field
  
Geology

Known for
  
Geology, palaeontology

Alma mater
  
Leiden University


Born
  
September 27, 1924Schiedam, Netherlands (
1924-09-27
)

Fields
  
Geology, palaeontology of Colombia

Thesis
  
Late-glacial flora and periglacial phenomena in the Netherlands (1951)

Notable awards
  
Premio a la vida y obra, fondo para la protección del medio ambiente, 1995

Died
  
12 March 2010, Cundinamarca State

Books
  
Changes in Life Conditions on Earth During the Past One Million Years

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Thomas van der Hammen (Schiedam, Netherlands, 27 September 1924 - Chía, Colombia, 12 March 2010) was a Dutch palaeontologist, botanist and geologist. He has published more than 160 works in five languages.

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Biography

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Thomas van der Hammen was born in the city of Schiedam in South Holland, western The Netherlands and studied botany and palaeontology at Leiden University from 1944 to 1949. He was a deeply religious man.

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After his studies and years of research at the University of Amsterdam, Van der Hammen arrived in Bogotá in 1951.

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Thomas van der Hammen analysed the Bogotá savanna and concluded a great lake (Lake Humboldt) was present there around 60,000 years BP, covering present-day Bogotá, Soacha, Funza, Mosquera, Madrid, Cota, Chía and Cajicá.

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In 2000, a natural reserve in the north of Bogotá bordering Chía and Cota, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve, was named after the naturalist. The mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa who ran twice for the Green Party, allowed for the construction of homes in the reserve, leading to protests of the people.

Works

This list is a selection.

Books

Thomas van der Hammen La Reserva Van der Hammen como oportunidad para el tigrillo lanudo

  • 2008 - La Cordillera Oriental Colombiana Transecto Sumapaz - Estudios de Ecosistemas Tropandinos
  • 1986 - La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia) Transecto Buritaca-La Cumbre
  • 1979 - Changes in life conditions on Earth during the past one million years
  • 1953 - Late-glacial flora and periglacial phenomena in the Netherlands

    • Articles

  • 2006 - La conservación de la biodiversidad: hacia una estructura ecológica de soporte de la nación colombiana
  • 2001 - Diversidade biológica e cultural da Amazonia
  • 1997 - El bosque de Condalia
  • 1981 - Environmental changes in the Northern Andes and the extinction of Mastodon
  • 1978 - Stratigraphy and environment of the Upper Quaternary of the El Abra corridor and rock shelters (Colombia)
  • 1972 - Changes in vegetation and climate in the Amazon basin and surrounding areas during the Pleistocene
  • 1966 - The Pliocene and Quaternary of the Sabana de Bogotá (The Tilatá and Sabana Formations)
  • 1957 - Climatic periodicity and evolution of South American Maestichtian and Tertiary floras
  • 1951 - Vegetatie en stratigrafie van het Laat-glaciaal en het Pleni-glaciaal
  • 1949 - De Allerod-oscillatie in Nederland. Pollenanalytisch onderzoek van een laatglaciale meerafzetting in Drente

    • The standard author abbreviation Hammen is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

    Notable works by Van der Hammen

  • Hammen, Thomas van der, and Gonzalo Correal Urrego. 2003. Supervivencia de mastodontes, megaterios y presencia del hombre en el Valle del Magdalena (Colombia) entre 6000 y 5000 A.P. - Survival of mastodonts, megatheriums and the presence of man in the Magdalena Valley (Colombia) between 6000 and 5000 years BP. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. 27. 159-164. Accessed 2016-07-08.
  • Hammen, Thomas van der. 2003. La conservación de la biodiversidad: hacia una estructura ecológica de soporte de la nación colombiana, 286-291. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Accessed 2016-07-08.
  • Hammen, Thomas van der. 1994. Stratigraphic Dating and Cultural Sequences of Pre-Hispanic Northern South America, 381-393. The Getty Conservation Institute. Accessed 2016-07-08.
  • Hammen, Thomas van der, and Antoine M. Cleef. 1983. Datos para la Historia de la Flora Andina. Revista Chilena de Historia Natura 56. 97-107. Accessed 2016-07-08.

    • References

    Thomas van der Hammen Wikipedia
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