Louis Martin Robert Rutten (June 4, 1884 Maastricht - February 11, 1946 Utrecht) was a Dutch geologist. In the first part of the twentieth century he mapped large parts of the islands of the Dutch East Indies, Cuba, the Betic Cordilleras and the Dutch Antilles. He was the father of the biologist and geologist M.G. Rutten. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Maastricht (Dutch: Maastricht; Limburgish and city dialect: Mestreech) is a municipality, and capital of the province of Limburg. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Utrecht ( (help· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands-Indië) was the name of the colonies set up by the Dutch East India Company, which came under administration of the Netherlands during the 19th century (see Indonesia). ... The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (none of the other Antilles use this term in... A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ...

Louis Rutten studied geology at Utrecht University and was a pupil of C.E.A. Wichmann. He wrote his thesis in 1909 on a paleontological subject. Shorty after he married Johanna Catharina Pekelharing, who accompanied and assisted him on his journeys overseas. Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a university in Utrecht, The Netherlands. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ...

After finishing his studies he was employed by the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij, a precessor of Royal Dutch Shell, for which he was sent to Borneo to search for oil. During his time in Borneo he was able to lead a scientific expedition to Ceram from 1917-1919. His work for the BPM then brought him successively to Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and Peru. Royal Dutch Shell plc/Koninklijke Nederlandse Shell NV is a major Anglo-Dutch energy company, one of the four largest Super Majors (vertically integrated private-sector oil, natural gas, and petrol companies) in the world, along with BP, ExxonMobil, and Total. ... Borneo and Sulawesi. ... Seram (formerly Ceram, also called Seran or Serang) is an island in the Maluku Indonesia. ...

In 1921, he succeeded his old teacher Wichmann as professor in geology, paleontology and crystallography at Utrecht University. Because of his work in exploration he gave his Professorial Chair a practical dimension by taking students on excursions and expeditions overseas. In 1930, he led an expedition to the Dutch Antilles, in 1933 and 1938 expeditions to Cuba. He was the author or co-author of many publications about the geology of the Dutch East Indies as well as of the West Indies. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Crystallography (from the Greek words crystallon = cold drop / frozen drop, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein = write) is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. ... Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on...

Sources

• P. Wagenaar Hummelinck, 1946: in Memoriam: Prof. L. Rutten en twee van zijner leerlingen
• P. Marks, 1979: Honderd jaar geologisch onderwijs aan de Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht