Adriaan Loosjes Pzn. (1761 - 1818)

Adriaan Loosjes (1761, Texel - 1818, Haarlem), was a 19th-century botanist, poet, novelist and publisher from the Northern Netherlands. Loosjes wrote several books and plays, and translated historical works from English into Dutch. He succeeded his father Petrus Loosjes as a member of Teylers Eerste Genootschap from 1813 until his own death in 1818. His son Vincent Loosjes continued his publishing business.