Dr Gerlof Fokko Mees (16 June 1926 - 31 March 2013) was a Dutch ichthyologist, ornithologist and museum curator. During 1946 to 1949 he took part as a conscript in the military actions to reestablish rule in the Dutch East Indies. During that time he became interested in the avian family Zosteropidae, comprising the white-eyes.Mees was born at Velsen in the Netherlands. He attended the University of Leiden where he studied biology, obtaining his doctorate in 1956.
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