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In the previous blog we saw the name Bierens de Haan popping up in Tera’s diary. On January 29, 1921, the name Bierens de Haan appears for the first time in Tera’s diary: Zoologist society meeting in Utrecht. Before I had lunch with Redeke in the city. Says all kinds of nice things. After that […]

As we’ve seen in the previous blog, Tera is involved in mapping the Fauna of the Zuiderzee. However, she is also asked to participate in the Naardermeer project. The Naardermeer is a nature reserve on the northwestern border of ‘t Gooi, east of Amsterdam. At the beginning of the 17th century, the lake was drained,

Yesterday the blog about Tera and Anna Weber came online. That was planned for a later date, but even I can make mistakes. Earlier we saw Tera starting her work at the Zoological Museum in 1921. Her first task is to organize the Schepman collection. But before she starts, she is also roped into another project.

Tera’s role model is Anna Weber-van Bosse (1852-1942). Anna comes from a wealthy Amsterdam family. As a child, Anna was already fascinated by plants and animals. She herself reports the trips with her governess to Artis “ Another source of pleasure was a chat with Los, the skilled gardener. He often took the young girl,

Last week we ended with “Weber has a little plan”.  Tera writes on March 23, 1920: At an  audience with Weber. Liked Thames molluscs very much, gave some new data. He has drawn up a nice plan confidentially, I’m interested.. Wants to have a lot of reptiles and salamandrines from Riviera. Oh professor I can

In the years prior to Tera’s study, three developments played a role in academic education in Amsterdam and thus had a major impact on Tera’s life and work.  Max Weber (1852-1937) the zoologist, not to be confused with Max Weber the sociologist, was born on December 5, 1852 in Bonn. His mother is Dutch. His

On April 30, 1920, Tera returns from the Riviera together with Wicher van der Sleen and his fiancée Toos. Just under three weeks later, Wicher and Toos get married in Almelo. Tera goes to the wedding, of course, and criticizes the cousins in her diary: Wedding Party. Very nice atmosphere. Only those annoying cousins from

This website is called “Shells and Women”. The most important woman on this website is and will remain Tera van Benthem Jutting. However, she was not the first nor the only woman who was more or less professionally involved in collecting shells. One of my readers drew my attention to an article by Marianne Gossije

Tera’s fascination with snails, or rather shells, started early. She writes: My interest in shells dates back to my primary school days, when my parents went with the family to some seaside resort, Wijk aan Zee, Noordwijk aan Zee or Bergen during the summer holidays. I would collect shells on the beach and gradually became

In the previous blog we saw that Tera went to university in Amsterdam and goes out camping with friends in the summer. In January 1919, the plan is conceived to go to the Riviera to research flora and fauna. That’s a bold plan. The First World War has ended just two months ago To get