Category:Joan Gideon Loten

**Joan Gideon Loten**
	Servant of the Dutch East India Company, naturalist (1710-1789)
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Date of birth	16 May 1710; Sint-Maartensdijk
Date of death	25 February 1789; Utrecht
Work period (start)	1725;
Work period (end)	1789;
Country of citizenship	Dutch Republic;
Occupation	colonial administrator; naturalist;
Member of	Royal Society;
Position held	Governor of Dutch Ceylon (1752–1757);
Award received	Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries;
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	Q2778170; ISNI: 0000000114565430; VIAF ID: 125093375; GND ID: 142336556; Library of Congress authority ID: n2011012172; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16725736r; IdRef ID: 14657348X; Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID: 22225762; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 118007718; Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren author ID: lote002; Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID: 4027; RKDartists ID: 414654
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English: Joan Gideon Loten (also spelt Johan or John) (16 May 1710 – 25 February 1789) was a Dutch servant in the colonies of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1760) and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (elected 1761). The Loten's Sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius) is named after him.

Nederlands: Joan Gideon Loten (1710-1789) was een Utrechtse ambtenaar bij de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie en Fellow van de Royal Society. De Lotens honingzuiger (Cinnyris lotenius) is naar hem genoemd.