Dicrurus hottentottus faberi Hoogerwerf, 1962 (3 Viewers)

[Taphrospilus]

Dicrurus hottentottus faberi Hoogerwerf, 1962 Hoogerwerf A. (1962) Some ornithological notes on the smaller Islands around Java (with the description of seven new subspecies). ARDEA 50 (3-4): 180 - 206.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Hair-crested Drongo ssp. Dicrurus hottentottus faberi Hoogerwerf, 1962
Dirk A. Faber (d.1960) was a Dutch soil scientist. He was Assistant SoilSurveyor at the Institute of Soil, part of the Agricultural Research Station at Bogor, Indonesia. The etymology states: “The new race is named to the honor of the late Mr. D. A. Faber, who accompanied the Prinsen Island expedition as a very ardent student in soil-conservation and who was a good comrade”. He went on a number of expeditions, including the one to Prinsen Island (near Java) (1951), with Hoogerwerf, who describes in his book Udjung Kulon, the Land of the Last Javan Rhinoceros, how the two of of them explored and searched together for the Javan Rhinoceros. Faber made a list of the plants and took soil and rock samples. He was taken seriously ill in 1956 and returned to the Netherlands, but never fully recovered.

The Key to Scientific Names

Dirk A. Faber (d. 1960) Dutch soil scientist, botanist in Java (subsp. Dicrurus hottentottus)

Maybe it is time to get his birth year and middle name?

 

[l_raty]

OD here.

 

[PScofield]

presumably this guy born 25 sep 1894

 

[rollie_nl]

presumably this guy born 25 sep 1894

Death certificate attached (upperleft). Born in Amsterdam, deceased in municipality of Opsterland. But I can't see a middle name so I am not certain he is our guy.

 

[PScofield]

Rollie great to have a Dutch speaker on the "case". I suspect its not him as another record says this guy was a plasterer. I can find no original record confirming his name was Dirk so this may be a guess. Also possible he was born in Dutch East Indies.

 

[l_raty]

It's certainly highly subjective, but the wording of the dedication doesn't suggest someone approaching 60 to me, either -- I would see him younger.

He was called "Dirk Faber" by Hoogerwerf in Udjung Kulon, the Land of the Last Javan Rhinoceros -- here (p. 100).
In another text, here (p. 340), Hoogerwerf indeed reported that he suddenly fell seriously ill in 1956, which forced him to return to Europe where he died in 1960.

For what it's worth, a Dirk Anthonie Faber, born in Medan (Sumatra), 33 yo, unemployed, died in Den Helder on 24 Apr 1959; death certificate here. I know it's not 1960, but all the other details might match... (Or not.)

 

[rollie_nl]

This person is more likely: Akte - Noord-Hollands Archief. His name is Dirk Anthonie Faber and he was born in Medan (thus Indonesia). He died aged 33 on 24 April 1959 at Den Helder, Netherlands. Death certificate attached (lower).


edit: ...Laurent and I found the same person...

 

[vinividivici]

The birth date of Dirk Anthonie Faber - September 29th, 1925 (Medan, Sumatra) - may be found in the following two newspaper announcements. Note that the surname of the mother corresponds with that given in the death certificate retrieved by both Laurent and Roland.

https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&query=Faber&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2201-01-1925%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2231-12-1927%22%29&facets%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=familiebericht&facets%5Bspatial%5D%5B%5D=Nederlands-Indië+%7C+Indonesië&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:010359336:mpeg21:a0131&resultsidentifier=ddd:010359336:mpeg21:a0131&rowid=3

Gevonden in Delpher - De Sumatra post

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[Willem Faber]

Hello, my name is Willem Dirk Faber and Dirk Anthonie Faber was my uncle, one that I never met. My father (Jan Willem Hendrik Faber) was Dirk's younger brother. They were both born in Indonesia before WW2. Dirk died in 1959 (2 years after I was born) in Den Helder, at one end of the ferry route to the island of Texel, where my grandparents lived. I have the photographic journals from Dirk's time in Indonesia, including the expedition to find the rhinos. I can be reached at [email protected] if you want further information.