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Victor van Straelen (14 June 1889 – 29 February 1964) was a Belgian conservationist, palaeontologist and carcinologist. Van Straelen was born in Antwerp on 14 June 1889, and worked chiefly as a palaeontologist until his retirement in 1954. He was awarded a silver Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London in 1958.

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  • Victor Émile Van Straelen (* 14. Juni 1889 in Antwerpen; † 29. Februar 1964 in Brüssel) war ein belgischer Zoologe, Paläontologe und Naturschützer. 1925 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 1959 war er Direktor des Museum für Naturwissenschaften (Koninklijk Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen) in Brüssel. (de)
  • Victor Van Straelen est un paléontologue belge, né le 14 juin 1889 à Anvers et mort le 29 février 1964 à Bruxelles. (fr)
  • Victor van Straelen (14 June 1889 – 29 February 1964) was a Belgian conservationist, palaeontologist and carcinologist. Van Straelen was born in Antwerp on 14 June 1889, and worked chiefly as a palaeontologist until his retirement in 1954. He was director of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences from 1925 to 1954. In 1926, he instigated the world's first gorilla sanctuary in what became the Parc National Albert (now Virunga National Park). In 1933, he was appointed head of the , and in 1948, he was on the executive committee at the foundation of the organisation which would become the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He was the first president of the Charles Darwin Foundation from its foundation in 1959 until his death in 1964. He was awarded a silver Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London in 1958. (en)
  • Victor Van Straelen (Antwerpen, 14 juni 1889 - Brussel, 29 februari 1964) was een Belgisch paleontoloog en geoloog. Van Straelen was van 1925 tot 1954 directeur van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België. Als eerste Nederlandstalige lesgever in de Geologie aan de toenmalige Rijksuniversiteit Gent wordt hij gezien als de stichter van de Gentse Geologische School. (nl)
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  • Victor Émile Van Straelen (* 14. Juni 1889 in Antwerpen; † 29. Februar 1964 in Brüssel) war ein belgischer Zoologe, Paläontologe und Naturschützer. 1925 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 1959 war er Direktor des Museum für Naturwissenschaften (Koninklijk Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen) in Brüssel. (de)
  • Victor Van Straelen est un paléontologue belge, né le 14 juin 1889 à Anvers et mort le 29 février 1964 à Bruxelles. (fr)
  • Victor Van Straelen (Antwerpen, 14 juni 1889 - Brussel, 29 februari 1964) was een Belgisch paleontoloog en geoloog. Van Straelen was van 1925 tot 1954 directeur van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België. Als eerste Nederlandstalige lesgever in de Geologie aan de toenmalige Rijksuniversiteit Gent wordt hij gezien als de stichter van de Gentse Geologische School. (nl)
  • Victor van Straelen (14 June 1889 – 29 February 1964) was a Belgian conservationist, palaeontologist and carcinologist. Van Straelen was born in Antwerp on 14 June 1889, and worked chiefly as a palaeontologist until his retirement in 1954. He was awarded a silver Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London in 1958. (en)
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  • Victor Van Straelen (de)
  • Victor Van Straelen (fr)
  • Victor Van Straelen (nl)
  • Victor van Straelen (en)
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