BruinsmaAEJ

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Bruinsma, Abraham Eduard Johannes

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1852, Leeuwarden, Fr., Holland. Died: 1943, Ede, Gld, Holland.

career:

Entered the D.E. Indian Forest Service in 1876; he was appointed Inspector of Forests in 1897 and Chief Inspector in 1900; retired in 1907. Thanks to him Koorders (see there) was given the opportunity for the floristical investigation of Java.

He is commemorated in the plant genus Bruinsmia Boerl. & Koord.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: a few plants from Semarang, Centr. Java (Febr. 14, 1890). Hort. Bog.: living plants from Tandjong Pinang, div. Mengala, Lampong Districts, S. Sumatra (pres. 1893).

biographical data:

Tectona 19, 1926, p. 656-708, w. portr. & 5 fig.; l.c. 25, 1932, p. 1281-1363 + portr., 1425-1515, w. fig.; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collections Biographical data
	Bruinsma, Abraham Eduard Johannes
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1852, Leeuwarden, Fr., Holland. Died: 1943, Ede, Gld, Holland.
	career: Entered the D.E. Indian Forest Service in 1876; he was appointed Inspector of Forests in 1897 and Chief Inspector in 1900; retired in 1907. Thanks to him Koorders (see there) was given the opportunity for the floristical investigation of Java. He is commemorated in the plant genus Bruinsmia Boerl. & Koord.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: a few plants from Semarang, Centr. Java (Febr. 14, 1890). Hort. Bog.: living plants from Tandjong Pinang, div. Mengala, Lampong Districts, S. Sumatra (pres. 1893).
	biographical data: Tectona 19, 1926, p. 656-708, w. portr. & 5 fig.; l.c. 25, 1932, p. 1281-1363 + portr., 1425-1515, w. fig.; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.