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### Author
Van Heurck, Henri Ferdinand (1838-1909), Belgian botanist, microscopist and industrialist at Antwerp; autodidactic botanist, in charge of his family's colour-factory and chemical firm 1869-1896; "director-professor" of the Antwerp botanical garden 1877-1909.
**Abbreviated name**: *Van Heurck* \[standard form in IPNI: *Van Heurck*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection AWH|AWH]]; diatoms types mainly at [[Collection AWH|AWH]], but also at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly lost) and in the *Types du Synopsis*, see below. Van Heurck herbarium material (distributed by him) in [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection OS|OS]]. The core of the Van Heurck herbarium is the F.W. Sieber-Carl Reichenbach herbarium, acquired by him in 1867; for details see e.g. Martinis (1870), Frison (1963, p. 38-41) and Verleyen (1942).
*Exsiccatae*: (*1*) *Types du Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique*, nos. 1-550, 1882-1885 (text determ., notes diagn. by A. Grunov). Sets at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection W|W]].
- (2) *Herbier des plantes rares ou critiques de Belgique* (with Arthur Martinis), 1866-1870, fasc. 1-8 (50 nos./fasc). Sets at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection LG|LG]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – See notice Bot. Zeit. 24: 324. 1866. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 424 (b. 28 Aug 1838, d. 13 Mar 1909); BL 2: 35, 36, 726; Bossert p. 414; Clokie p. 183; CSP 3: 340, 10: 220, 12: 331, 15: 818-819; De Toni 1: cxxvi-cxxvii, 2: cxvi-cxviii, cxxix, 4: lvi-lvii; Herder p. 482 \[index\]; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 345; Jackson p. 204, 220, 272; Morren ed. 2, p. 15, ed. 10, p. 44; MW p. 510; NI 868, 868n, na; PR 4037-4040; Rehder 5: 389-390; SK 1: cxxvii; TL-2/11.173, 11.204, see F.W. Sieber, A.F. Spring; Urban-Berl. p. 356.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 15: 80. 1909 (d.); Bibl. natl., Dict. Écriv. belg. 4: 162-163. 1910; Bot. Centralbl. 1-2: 156-157. 1880 (herb.), 110: 400. 1909 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 25: 343. 1867 (offers plants for exchange; 150.000 duplicates from his herbarium available, Sieber, Kotschy, Watson); Bull. Soc. bot. France 14 (bibl.): 143-145. 1867 (colls., exch.); Cat. gén. libr. franç. 4: 563. 1871, 6: 654. 1877, 10: 701 \[1967 repr.\], 15: 964. 1904, 22: 570. 1911; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 201: 1017-1019. 1971; Nat. Nov. 31: 217. 1909.
- Chalon, J., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belgique 46: 250-278. 1909 (obit.).
- Crépin, F., Manuel fl. Belgique lxviii, lxix. 1860; Guide bot. Belgique 482-483. 1878.
- De Toni, J.B., J.R. Microsc. Soc. 1909: 555-557 (obit. not.).
- De Wildeman, E., *in* Biogr. natl. Belgique 26: 425-428. 1936-1938.
- Evens, F.M.J.C, Gesch. algol. Belg. 191-194. 1944 (bibl.).
- Frison, Ed., Henri Ferdinand Van Heurck 1838-1909, sa vie, son oeuvre. Leyde \[Leiden\] 1959, 106 p., portr.; *in* H. Freund & A. Berg, eds., Gesch. Mikroskopie 1 (Biol.): 217-225. 1963.
- Fryxell, G.A., Beih. Nova Hedw. 35: 364. 1975 (coll.).
- Fryxell, P.A., Taxon 28: 380-381. 1979 (on AWH).
- Hamels, V., Notice sur les collections botaniques de Henri Van Heurck, Anvers 1867, 8 p.
- Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 553. 1969 (coll. algae).
- Martinis, A., Notice sur les collections botaniques du Dr. H. Van Heurck, Anvers 1870 (introd. to H. Van Heurck *Obs. bot.* 1870; also publ. separately, 16 p.).
- Mets, A. de, Inauguration du Musée de sciences naturelles Anvers, in memoriam Dr. H. Van Heurck, Anvers 1934.
- Murray, G., *in* Hist. Coll. Nat. hist. Dept. Brit. Mus. 1: 189. 1904 (coll.).
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 79. 1969 (exsicc. diat.).
- Seyn, E. de, Dict. biogr. sci. lettr. arts Belgique 2: 1063. 1936 (portr.).
- Sterrenburg, F.A.S., Organorama 9(3): 24-27. 1973 (biogr. sketch).
- VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. Diat. 6: 3599. 1978, 7: 4235-4236. 1978.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 67. 1937.
- Verleyen, E.J.B., Levensschets van Dr. H. Van Heurck en overzicht van zijn verzamelingen. Antwerpen 1942, 96 p.; Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 75: 57-68. 1943 (biogr. sketch, coll., bibl., portr.).
#### Handwriting
*in* E. Frison, Henri Ferdinand Van Heurck, 1959, pl. opposite p. 96.
#### Eponymy
*Vanheurckia* Brébisson (1868); *Vanheurckiella* Pantocsek ex M. Peragallo (1897).
### Publications
##### n.15.909. Antwerpsche analytische flora
**Title**
*Antwerpsche analytische flora* inhoudende de beschrijving van alle planten, welke in de provincie Antwerpen, in de vrye natuer \[sic\] groeijen of er algemeen gekweekt worden... Eerste deel. Antwerpen (Drukkerij der weduwe Jos. Van Ishoven) 1861. †. Oct. (in 4-s).
**Abbreviated title**: *Antwerp. anal.-fl.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: J.I. De Beucker.
*Publ*.: 1861, p. \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-192. *Copies*: B-S, BR, HH, NY. – Incomplete: Ranunculaceae-Caprifoliaceae.
##### n.15.910. Prodrome de la flore du Brabant
**Title**
*Prodrome de la flore du Brabant* ou catalogue raisonné des plantes qui croissent spontanément dans cette province, et de celles qui y sont généralement cultivées;... Louvain \[Leuven\] (Typographie et librairie de C.J. Fonteyn) 1861. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prodr. fl. Brabant*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Alfred Wesmael (1832-1905).
*Publ*.: 1861, p. \[1\]-96. *Copies*: BR, FI, HH. – For follow-up see BL 2: 36.
##### n.15.911. Flore médicale belge
**Title**
*Flore médicale belge*... Louvain \[Leuven\] (C.-J. Fonteyn,...) Bruxelles \[Brussel\] (Tircher-Manceaux,...) 1864. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. méd. belg.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Victor Guibert (1826-1866).
*Publ*.: 1864 (p. vi: 25 Nov 1863), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-445, \[456, cont.\]. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, NY.
##### n.15.912. Le microscope
**Title**
*Le microscope* sa construction, son maniement, et son application aux études d'anatomie végétale... Paris (Adrien Delahaye,...) 1865. 16-mo.
**Abbreviated title**: *Microscope*.
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1865 (p. 8: 1 Feb 1865), p. \[1\]-104, \[105-108, index\]. *Copies*: BR, NY.
*Ed. 2*: 1869, p. \[1\]-226, *2 pl. Copies*: BR, G, NY. – Deuxième édition remanié, augmentée et contenant un résumé d'anatomie végétale avec planches et figures dans le texte...
Anvers (Félicien Baggerman,...) 1969.
*Ed. 3*: 1878 (Soc. bot. France rd. 22 Mar 1878), p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-346, *pl. 1-12* (uncol.). *Copies*: BR, MO. – Troisième édition entièrement refondue... Bruxelles (E. Ramlot,...) 1878. Oct.
*Ed. 4*: 1891, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-316. *Copies*: BR, G. – Le microscope, sa construction, son maniement, la technique microscopique en général; la photomicrographie; le passé et l'avenir du microscope,... quatrième édition entièrement refondue... Anvers (édité aux frais de l'auteur), Bruxelles (E. Ramlot,...) 1891. Qu.
*English transl*.: 1893 (p. \[vii\]: 18 Nov 1892), p. \[i-ii\], portr., \[iii\]-xv, \[1\]-382. *Copies*: BR, NY, PH. – *The microscope*: its construction and management. Including technique, photo-micrography, and the past and future of the microscope... English edition. Re-edited and augmented by the author from the fourth French edition and translated by Wynne E. Baxter... London (Crosby Lockwood and son,...) New York (D. Van Norstrand Company) 1893. Oct.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 12 (bibl.): 91-92. Mai 1865 (rev.).
##### n.15.913. Observationes botanicae
**Title**
*Observationes botanicae* et descriptiones plantarum novarum herbarii Van Heurckiani. Recueil d'observations botaniques et de descriptions de plantes nouvelles... Anvers \[Antwerpen\] (Félicien Baggerman...), Berlin (R. Friedlander & Sohn...) 1870-1871, 2 fasc. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Observ. bot.*
**Notes**
*1*: 1 Jun 1870 (p. 117), p. \[1\]-117.
*2*: 10 Sep 1871 (p. 249), p. 118-249.
*Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, L, MO, NY. – Intended to become a regular journal; contributors to fasc. 1: A. de Brébisson, C. de Candolle, F. Crépin, A. Martinis, J.
Müller-Arg., A. Spring, H. Van Heurck; fasc. 2: J. Müller-Arg., H. Van Heurck.
##### n.15.914. Notions succinctes sur l'origine et l'emploi des drogues simples
**Title**
*Notions succinctes sur l'origine et l'emploi des drogues simples* de toutes les régions du globe... Catalogue systématique de la collection de matière médicale, commerciale et industrielle faisant partie du Musée botanique de l'auteur. Bruxelles \[Brussel\] (E. Ramlot... Henry Manceaux...) 1876. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Not. succ. drog. simpl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1876 (Soc. bot. Fr. rd. 10 Nov 1876; J. Bot. Nov 1875 "in press"; Bot. Zeit. 6 Apr 1877), p. \[i\]-xiii, \[xiv\], \[1\]-259, \[260, cont.\]. *Copy*: BR.
##### n.15.915. Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique
**Title**
*Synopsis des Diatomées de Belgique*... Anvers \[Antwerpen\] (édité par l'auteur) 1880-1885, text, atlas and index. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Syn. diatom. Belgique*.
**Notes**
*Collaborator* (fasc. 4, 5): A. Grunow.
*Atlas*: 1880-1883 (in six parts, see below), p. \[i-vi\], *pl. 1-132* and six bis plates, \[i-v, index\], \[vi, err.\].
*Text*: Mai 1885, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-235, *pl. A, B, C.*
*Table alphabetique*: Mai 1844, p. \[1\]-120.
*Copies*: B, B-S, BR, G, PH, US, USDA; IDC 6374.
|part |fasc. |*plates* or text |dates|
|---|---|---|---|
|1 |1 |1-10, t.p., intr. |Mai-Jun 1880|
| |2 |11-30 |Oct-Nov 1880|
| |3 |31-53 |Mai-Jun 1881|
| |4 |54-77, 53bis |Oct-Nov 1881|
| |5 |78-103 |Apr-Mai 1882|
| |6 |104-132, 22bis, 82bis, 83bis, 83ter, 95bis, table genres, errata |2 Mai 1883|
|2 | |"table alphabétique", 120 pp. |Mai 1884|
|3 | |"Texte", 235 pp., plates A, B, C |Mai 1885|
*Ref*.: Grunow, A., Bot. Centralbl. 1-2: 741-744. 1880 (fasc. 1), 3-4: 1441-1446. 1880 (fasc. 2), 7: 353-355. 1881 (fasc. 3), 9: 369-371. 1882 (fasc. 4), 11: 370-372. 1882 (fasc. 5).
- Hanna, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. ser. 10. 12: 442-443. 1933.
- Ross, R., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 2: 378-379. 1952.
- Junk, W., Rara 1: 66. 1910-1933.
##### n.15.916. A treatise on the Diatomaceae
**Title**
*A treatise on the Diatomaceae* containing introductory remarks on the structure, life history, collection, cultivation and preparation of diatoms, and a description and figure typical of every known genus, as well as a description and figure of every species found in the North Sea and countries bordening it, including Great Britain, Belgium, &c.... translated by Wynne E. Baxter,... London (William Wesley & Son,...) 1896. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Treat. Diatom.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct-Nov 1896 (p. vi: 19 Sep 1896; Bot. Centralbl. 14 Jan 1897. Bot. Zeit. 1 Jan 1897; Bot. Gaz. 23 Dec 1897; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1896), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xx, \[1\]-558, *pl. 1-35* with text. *Copies*: NY, PH, US.
*Facsimile reprint*: 1962, by Wheldon & Wesley Ltd. Codicote Herts. and Verlag J. Cramer Weinheim-Bergstr. *Copy*: NY. – ISBN 3-7682-0116-3.
*French edition*: Jan 1899 (ÖbZ for Jan 1899; Hedwigia 28 Feb 1899; Bot. Zeit. 1 Jun 1899; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1899), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-572, \[573-574, notes, err.\], *pl. 1-35* with text.
*Copies*: BR, G. – Traité des Diatomées... Anvers (édité aux frais de l'auteur) 1899.
Oct.
##### n.15.917. Prodrome de la flore des algues marines des Iles anglo-normandes
**Title**
Société Jersaise. *Prodrome de la flore des algues marines des Iles anglo-normandes* et des côtes nord-ouest de la France... Jersey (Labey et Blampied,...) 1908. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prodr. alg. Iles anglo-norm.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: shortly after 29 Jan 1908 (printing terminated on that date), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-120.
*Copies*: BR, PH, US; IDC 6376.
##### n.15.918. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica
**Title**
Expédition antarctique belge. *Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica* en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Rapports scientifiques... Botanique *Diatomées*... Anvers \[Antwerpen\] (Imprimerie J.E. Buschmann...) 1919. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Result. Voy. Belgica, Diatom.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15-31 Mar 1909 (p. (2\]: printed 15 Mar 1909; Nat. Nov. Mai(2) 1910), p. \[1\]-126, \[127-128\], *pl. 1-13. Copies*: B, BR, NY, PH.