Jans Kloppenburg-Versteegh

Jans Kloppenburg-Versteegh (1862–1948) (shortened to J. Kloppenburg-Versteegh) was an Indo-Dutch Herbalist.

Biography

Versteegh was born in Central Java (then part of the Dutch East Indies) in May 1862. Versteegh was of Indo-European heritage; her father was an administrator of a coffee plantation. Versteegh gained an interest in local herbs at a young age, learning in how to apply herbal knowledge to local medicine. She went on to publish a number of books on the subject.[1][2][3]

Published works
  • Kloppenburg-Versteegh, J., Indische planten en haar geneeskracht, Semarang: Masman & Stroink, 1907

References
  1. "Versteegh, Johanna Maria Carolina (1862-1948)".
  2. "Gendered and Ethnic Knowledge: Mrs. JMC Kloppenburg-Versteegh (1862–1948), an Example from the Dutch East Indies around 1900 | MPIWG". www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  3. Pols, Hans (2009-09-01). "European Physicians and Botanists, Indigenous Herbal Medicine in the Dutch East Indies, and Colonial Networks of Mediation". East Asian Science, Technology and Society. 3 (2–3): 173–208. doi:10.1215/s12280-009-9085-6. ISSN 1875-2160.


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