Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (1853–1915)

Dutch zoologist. Studied at the Polytechnic School, Delft, 1869–70; from 1870, studied zoology at Utrecht, Leiden, Erlangen, and Heidelberg. PhD (Utrecht) on the anatomy, histology, and developmental history of some Nemertea, 1874. Curator of fish at the Rijksmuseum of Natural History, Leiden, 1875–82. Professor of zoology and comparative anatomy, Utrecht, 1882–1910; professor extraordinarius of comparative embryology, 1910–15. Founded the Institut International d’Embryologie (now the International Society of Developmental Biologists) in 1911.