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June 21, 2005
The Journal of Gustav de Vylder, naturalist in South-Western Africa 1873-1875
This is the only other Gustav DeVylder I have found in the land of Google. Even then, I had to put a space between the De and the V to find it. Here's his biography:
From this link: Namibia Biographies
000773 De Vylder, Gustav * .1827 in Sweden + .1908 in Sweden First entry to Namibia: 1873 Last departure from Namibia: 1875 --- Gustav de Vylder was born in 1827 in Sweden. He was originally a surveyor. He changed his field to the study of insects and reptiles. In 1871, after having obtained a grant to study and collect in South Africa, he left on the Swedish corvette Norrköping to South America and ultimately Cape Town. He remained in the Cape Colony until the early part of 1873 when he left for Namibia. A Swedish tradesman, Bergvall, wishing to try his luck in Namibia, asked De Vylder to help him in trading. Part of the trip was overland which gave De Vylder time to collect specimens. For the next two years, he remained in Namibia concentrating on the northern part and establishing his headquarters at Omaruru which by this time had a number of Scandinavians. De Vylder returned to Sweden in 1875, and much of his collection was subsequently obtained by the Riksmuseum in Stockholm. From 1879 to 1887, he was in Cape Town where he continued his insect collection as well as wrote poetry and other literary works. He kept diaries but never published his research. In 1897, he again returned to Sweden. He died there in 1908. --- Gender: m Field of activity: SCINamibia National Archives Database
Posted by janna at June 21, 2005 10:03 PM