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Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort
Lieven
Ferdinand
de
Beaufort
was a
Dutch
biologist
who, in
1903
, participated in the
North New Guinea Expedition
. In the
1920s
he was
director
of the
Zoological Museum
of
Artis
in
Amsterdam
and later
zoogeography
professor
at the
University of Amsterdam
.
Beaufort is commemorated in the
scientific name
of a
species
of
lizard
,
Sphenomorphus
beauforti
.
