In memoriam: Prof Dr Ferjan Ormeling

Summary

This memorial by Menno-Jan Kraak commemorates Ferjan Ormeling Jr, a leading scholar of thematic and atlas cartography and geographical names, who died on 13 June. Professor of cartography at Utrecht University from 1985 to 2009, Ormeling researched minority-language place names, taught widely across the discipline, and held major roles in Dutch cartographic organizations, the International Cartographic Association, and the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. His influential publications, international teaching and mentorship, and advocacy for effective map communication earned him major medals and honorary doctorates, while his final book on mapping the Netherlands East Indies is to be published posthumously.