Rogier Verbeek

Rogier Diederik Marius Verbeek was a Dutch geologist and natural scientist.
His journal Krakatau, which was edited in 1884 and 1885 by order of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, is his most known work. It deals with the eruption of Krakatoa|eruption] of the volcanic island Krakatoa in 1883 and brought volcanology into scientific prominence. Just two years before, Verbeek had done research in the area. Living in Buitenzorg on Java, he was a direct witness to the eruption. In the BBC docudrama Krakatoa: The Last Days, he is the protagonist and was portrayed by Kevin McMonagle.
In 1909, he obtained an honorary doctorate of Delft [University of Technology]. He was an honorary member of the Koninklijk Nederlands Geologisch Mijnbouwkundig Genootschap and a member of the Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde.

Works

The following are some of Verbeek's other writings:

Topographische en geologische Beschrijving van een Deel van Sumatra's Westkust, Batavia, 1883.
Geologische beschrijving van Java en Madoera, Amsterdam, 1896. Written together with R. Fennema, by order of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
De eilanden Alor en Pantar, residentie Timor en onderhoorigheden, Amsterdam, 1914, on behalf of the Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap.
De vulkanische erupties in Oost-Java in het laatst der 16de eeuw, Verhandelingen van het Genootschap, 1925.
Kort verslag over de aardbeving te Ambon op 6 Jan. 1898, Perpustakaan Nasional RI, lantai 14 Layanan Buku Langka