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Peter Ouwens
Pieter Antonie Ouwens
(14 February 1849,
Amsterdam
- 5 March 1922,
Buitenzorg
) was a
Dutch
scientist and Director of the
Java Zoological Museum and Botanical Gardens
. He is best known for writing the first formal description of the
Komodo dragon
(
Varanus komodoensis
) in 1912.
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