Donkelaar, André

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Donkelaar, André

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Listing last updated on Sun Dec 2024

Ghent, Flemish Region
Belgium

André Donkelaar (March 9, 1785 Vleuten - February 22, 1858 Ghent), Belgian botanist of Dutch origin, chief gardener of the Botanic garden of Leuven.

[From 33ième Exposition publique à Gand, 1825:] Van Donckelaere, chief gardener of the Jardin des Plantes of Louvain.

[From Annales de la Société impériale d'horticulture de France, January 1853, p. 23:] DONKELAER père, directeur du jardin botanique , à Gand (Belgique)

[From La Belgique horticole, 1858, p. 176:] ANDRÉ DONKELAAR était né le 9 mars 1785 à Vleuten (province d'Utrecht) en Hollande, où familiarisé par de bons principes dans les cultures maraichères et des forceries, il s'était encore appliqué à l'architecture des jardins. Jeune encore, il vint en Belgique occuper la place de jardinier à la campagne si renommée alors de M. Smet, à Duren, près d'Anvers, d'où il fit plusieurs voyages en Angleterre pour introduire dans notre pays des plantes alors rares ou nouvelles. ... IL quitta son poste pour devenir jardinier en chef du Jardin Botanique de Louvain, place qu'il ne quitta que pour y laisser un fils dans le même emploi. En 1835, à la mort de Mussche, la même place de jardinier en chef au Jardin Botanique de l'université de cette ville se trouva vacante. Donkelaar la demanda et l'obtint.