The curriculum vitae of Professor Paul Christiaan Flu is described. This Surinamphysician did important scientific work in Suriname and the Netherlands East-Indie of that time. Finally, he was appointed to Professor at the StateUniversity of Leyden in the Netherlands. Striking was his great interest fortropical medicine and he can be considered as the pioneer of parasitology in Suriname. No wonder tha the Medical Scientific Institute(MWI) in Paramaribois named after him.....a.o