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Cleerens, Jo(h)annes Baptista

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

Born: 1785, Antwerp, Belgium. Died: Apr. 18, 1850, Ambon, Moluccas.

career:

Entered the military service in 1807 and went through some campaigns in Russia and Spain. He went to the D.E.I. as Asst Inspector of the Military Administration; in the course of time colonel; he returned to Europe and was given the honorary rank of Major-General in 1835. He subsequently returned to the D.E.I. in 1840, was appointed Resident of the Priangan Regencies, and in 1846 Governor of the Moluccas.

collections:

He sent Maba ebenus Spreng. and other plants from Ambon to Hort. Bog. in 1847.¹ Other references² give the name W. Cleerens, probably a mistake.

literature:

(1) cf. Hasskarl, Retzia, in Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 10, 1856, p. 107-108.
(2) cf. Hasskarl, Hort. Bog., 1, 1858, p. 69, and in Flora 40, 1857, p. 535.

biographical data:

Encyclop. N.I. 1, 1917.

	Career Collections Literature Biographical data
	Cleerens, Jo(h)annes Baptista
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1785, Antwerp, Belgium. Died: Apr. 18, 1850, Ambon, Moluccas.
	career: Entered the military service in 1807 and went through some campaigns in Russia and Spain. He went to the D.E.I. as Asst Inspector of the Military Administration; in the course of time colonel; he returned to Europe and was given the honorary rank of Major-General in 1835. He subsequently returned to the D.E.I. in 1840, was appointed Resident of the Priangan Regencies, and in 1846 Governor of the Moluccas.
	collections: He sent Maba ebenus Spreng. and other plants from Ambon to Hort. Bog. in 1847.¹ Other references² give the name W. Cleerens, probably a mistake.
	literature: (1) cf. Hasskarl, Retzia, in Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 10, 1856, p. 107-108. (2) cf. Hasskarl, Hort. Bog., 1, 1858, p. 69, and in Flora 40, 1857, p. 535.
	biographical data: Encyclop. N.I. 1, 1917.