Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz

He was born to Theodorus Apolonius Ninus Lorentz, a tobacco grower in East Java who had returned to the Netherlands and Marie Soet in 1871.

Lorentz studied law and biology at Utrecht University and married Marie Louise Clemence baroness Van Zuylen van Nievelt.

The first was the North New Guinea Expedition in 1903, led by Arthur Wichmann.

Lorentz collected indigenous artifacts and bird samples.

The latter he sent to the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie at Leiden, The Netherlands.

Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz (left) and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, 1903 Wichmann New Guinea expedition
Lorentz (top left) during the 1903 Wichmann New Guinea expedition
Lorentz (left) with a porter crossing the river Ingsim, 1903 Wichmann New Guinea expedition
Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz (left) with Jan Willem van Nouhuys (1869-1963) on a honorary medal, 1948