Feilberg, Carl Adolf |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I) |
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Born: 1844, Vester Vedsted ved Ribe, Denmark. Died: 1937. |
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Studied medicine at Odense in 1863; in 1864 he volunteered in the war, was made a prisoner, but escaped; subsequently he studied botany. In 1867 he made a trip to the Farøer; from 1868-69 the Danish Botanical Society gave him the opportunity to travel to East India, China, and Further India. In 1874 M.D. and subsequently as a surgeon on a German ship to New Zealand; since 1876 practising in Copenhagen, and on the Øresund Hospital; retired in 1916. |
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Herb. Copenhagen [C]: 282 nos from Bombay, Hongkong, Bangkok, Saigon, and Singapore (1), leg. 1868-69. |
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Dansk Biogr. Leks. 6, 1935, p. 614-615. |