Jac. P. Thijsse


Jacobus Pieter “Jac P.” Thijsse was a Dutch conservationist and botanist. He is sometimes referred to as J.P. Thijsse. He founded
Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten in Nederland.
In 1925, on the occasion of his 60th birthday he was honored by his friends with the gift of Thijsse's Hof, a wildlife garden in Bloemendaal near Haarlem. This was the first wildlife garden in the Netherlands, and one of the oldest worldwide.
In the late 1920s and 30s the Verkade company hired Jac. P. Thijsse to write a series of collector albums on flora of the Netherlands. The albums were illustrated by picture cards which could be collected with the purchase of verkade products. These albums were very popular among the Dutch population before World War II.
The "Jac. P. Thijssepark" in Amstelveen, another wildlife garden, was named after him. He was placed 87th on De Grootste Nederlander list in 2004.