Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher

He was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Batavia (Jakarta) as well as a talented naturalist.

Born into an influential Dutch family, his father was Jacob Cornelis Radermacher (1700-1748), who was treasurer-general to the prince.

On 20 December 1766 with his wife Margaretha and two sons Frans Reinier and Johannes Cornelis, they boarded the ship Tulpenburg bound for Indonesia.

On 24 April 1778 he founded the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences ("Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en etenschappen").

During this time he also catalogued a significant amount of flora and fauna of the islands of Java and Sumatra.

However, while en route home in the Indian Ocean on 24 December, there was a mutiny on board the ship and Radermacher was murdered.