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This page is about the botanist. For his son, the writer, see Frederik van Eeden.

Frederik Willem van Eeden
Portrait of Van Eeden by Thérèse Schwartze (1899)
Born	Frederik Willem van Eeden 26 October 1829 Haarlem, Netherlands
Died	4 May 1901(1901-05-04) (aged 71) Haarlem, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Spouse	Neeltje van Marmelo ​ ​ (m. 1856⁠–⁠1901)​
Children	Johan van Eeden Frederik van Eeden
Scientific career
Fields	Botany

Frederik Willem van Eeden (26 October 1829 – 4 May 1901) was a Dutch botanist.

Early life

Frederik Willem van Eeden was born on 26 October, 1829 in Haarlem, to the florist Jan Arie van Eeden and his wife Elizabeth Johanna van Andel.

As a child, he assisted his father with floristry, during which he gained a passion for botany. (source is diary)

Personal life

Van Eeden enjoyed writing and kept a highly personal diary from the the age of 23 to 37. He was fluent in Dutch, German, French, Italian, and English, and often switched among the languages in his diary, likely as a precautionary method. The final pages of the diary contain a fairy tale, which he began to write on 21 July, 1867.

Family

Van Eeden's father was the florist Jan Arie van Eeden (1795 – 1858) and his mother was Elizabeth Johanna van Andel (1801 – 1869).

On 2 October 1856 he married Neeltje van Warmelo (1833 – 1919), the daughter of a Christian minister, (source for minister claim is in diary source) in the city of Leiden. They had 2 sons, Johan van Eeden (1857 – 1906) and the writer Frederik van Eeden.

Beliefs

On women

Van Eeden held misogynistic and socially conservative views on the role of women in society.

Honours

Awards

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Memberships

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Memorials

See also

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References