TEKKE MJ (1982) Dutch Ornithological Union W.Ph.J. Hellebrekers 1895 - 1982. LIMOSA 55 (4): 147-147.

on February 9, 1982 in Delft is W. Ph. J. Hellebrekers deceased at the age of 86. In recent years it is very difficult because he had a leg was off. On an artificial leg, he could not easily get used to and that is understandable, for he was a very mobile people. William Hellebrekers was on May 28, 1895 in Rotterdam born, he was one of nine children there the famous distiller Henri Hellebrekers. During his secondary school education at the renowned Rolduc put one of his teachers, Merkelbach - A collector eggs - him on the trail of the 0610gie. Rolduc after he visited the Dutch commercial high school Rotterdam, the forerunner of today's School of Economics, after which he was-partners the distillery H. Hellebrekers & Sons. In 1914 he was appointed as a member of the Club Dutch ornithologist. He was a faithful visitor of meetings and tirelessly to Excursions. At the meeting of November 14, 1965 He was appointed honorary member of the Club. for years he was a research assistant at the Rijksmuseum of Natural History in Leiden. disinterested He created order in the egg collections, which hold came from that museum. Especially during the war years, when there was little going on in his Yak course, he spent most PEEI time on his museum. Hellebrekers was a member of the Commission for the Dutch Avifauna since its inception in 1957. For years he delivered copy for Limosa, including articles over the Cuckoo, later in the heading, 0610gische Nidologische and Communications . Whoever has the opportunity was given the collection of bird eggs see, whey was impressed by the tremendous work that he and his amateur collection spent, regardless of how they now make a wish to judge

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