Bart Lensink
Bartholomeus Marinus “Bart” Lensink (28 August 1925 – December 2024) was a Dutch zoologist. He was the fifth director of the zoo Natura Artis Magistra in Amsterdam from 1973 to 1990.[1][2]
Bart Lensink | |
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_en,_Bestanddeelnr_926-7115_(cropped).jpg) Lensink in 1973 | |
| Born | Bartholomeus Marinus Lensink 28 August 1925 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | December 2024 (aged 99) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | zoologist |
Biography
changeBorn in The Hague, Lensink received his doctorate in 1963 with a thesis on the distribution of Acrididae in nature reserve Voornes Duin. He then worked for some time at the Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders (National Service for the IJsselmeerpolders) and for nine years as a biology teacher in Brielle. He then became principal of the Rijksscholengemeenschap Wageningen.[3][4]
In 1973, Lensink succeeded Ernst Frederik Jacobi as director of Artis. During Lensink's directorship, the approach to animals changed.[5] The animal became central and no longer the pleasure of the visitor, keeper or director. For example, before his directorship, keepers would walk with monkeys and have them perform tricks to please the public. The number of species was reduced by a third, from 1529 species in 1972 to 1051 in 1990.[6]
Lensink died in December 2024 at the age of 99 years old.[7]
References
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- ↑ "Kunstenaars in Artis: directeuren". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ The Hague Population Register (family cards), The Hague Municipal Archives
- ↑ "Alleen om 'Artis' weg bij het onderwijs". Nieuwe Leidsche Courant. 3 June 1972. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ B.M. Lensink, H. van de Berg en H.P. Colmjon (1969). 100 jaar Wageningsch Lyceum. Wageningen: Wagenings Lyceum. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ Vroeger kon je met een aap op de foto, Trouw, 2010
- ↑ Artis en de functieverandering van dierentuinen[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Oud Artis-directeur Bart Lensink stond aan de wieg van de moderne dierentuin