Childhood Memories

In the previous blog we read how Pico and Tera settled at the Wael in Domburg. My first memories of the house in Domburg date back to 1967, at least that date is in the guest book. The gravel in the forecourt. The stately door and then that very large hall. With a table  completely […]

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The club

In the previous blog we saw Tera and Pico moving permanently to De Wael and continue their work there. They become active in the Zeeland Society of Sciences and gather friends around them. In 1965, the Zeeuws Genootschap (Society of Science) conceived the plan to write a Zeeland encyclopedia. Both Pico and Tera will be

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De Wael

In the previous blog we saw Tera retiring and receiving an honorary doctorate. The last words of her farewell speech are: I now close a door behind me, but at the same time a new window opens with a view of what a French poet once called: “Le charme de la retraite”. With the memory

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Retirement

On February 6, 1964, Tera turns sixty-five and is allowed to retire. She waits till the end of that year to actually do so. Her colleagues Stok and  Coomans and also her boss, Engel, are trying to obtain an honorary doctorate for her. First in Amsterdam itself, but the university board has the policy of

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Officer

In the previous blog we described Tera as a valued colleague. In this blog, that appreciation  results into an official royal award. On Friday the 15th of September 1961, there is a celebration. Tera has officially been employed by the museum for 40 years. Although she started in 1920, she was just a replacement and

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A well appreciated colleague

In the previous blog we read about Tera’s travels abroad. She is now, after the war, a valued older colleague at the museum. Internationally recognized as a scientist and an expert when it comes to the ins and outs of the museum. She supervises students, publishes articles and shows people around in the collection. Albertine

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More contacts

In the two previous blogs, Tera and Pico resumed international contacts after the war and expanded them further. Tera corresponded with many other malacologists at home and abroad. Two correspondences really stand out. Namely the one with Hans Kuiper and the one with Louis Butot. She will correspond with both of them over 50 years

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Travels

In the previous blog we read about Tera’s reinforcement of international contacts. Both correspondence and travel in the fifties were a very different matter than nowadays. There was no email and international calls were outrageously expensive. In this blog I will elaborate on a foreign trip they made as a couple in 1949. Tera received

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Writing letters

In the previous blog we read how Tera and Pico got their new life on track as a scientific couple after the war. International contacts are also being strengthened again. Tera is certainly not resentful of other scientists, as she believes her German colleagues have also suffered under the National Socialist regime and the ties

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Home Sweet Home

In the previous blog we saw Tera writing a biography about Jan de Man. In this blog we read how Pico and Tera continue to shape their lives as spouses. From 1945 on Tera and Pico live together on the Parnassusweg. During the holidays and weekends they often are in Zeeland in their villa. (Here

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