Career

Collections

Literature

Biographical data

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

Born: 1888, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.

career:

Visited the Yale University Forest School; in 1912 appointed Assistant Professor at Los Baños, Luzon; in 1917 Professor of Tropical Forestry and Dean of the Forest School in the University of the Philippines; later Chief Director Investigation Bureau of Forestry, Manila.

He made a trip to Java and N. Sumatra as delegate tot the 4th Pac. Sci. Congr. in 1929.¹

Author of many papers.²

Hoya fischeriana Warb. was not named after him; he is commemorated in Eugenia fischeri Merr.

collections:

Herb. Manila [PNH]. Besides private numbers, also some in the F.B. series (see For. Bur. Manila), but he did only little collecting. No plants from Java and Sumatra.

literature:

(1) cf. Makiling Echo, 9, 1930, p. 6-16 (report).

(2) e.g. W.H. Brown & A.F. Fischer: ‘Philippine mangrove swamps’ (Philip. Bur. For. Bull. 17, 1918, p. 1-112, pl. 1-44; reprinted in l.c. 22, 1920, p. 13-125, pl. 1-44); ‘Philippine bamboos’ (l.c. 15, 1918, p. 1-32, pl. 1-33; reprinted in l.c. 22, 1920, p. 248-278, pl. 1-33).

biographical data:

Nat. Research Count. P.I. Bull. no 7, 1935, p. 660-661, incl. bibliogr.; portr. in Philip. Journ. Forestry 2, 1939, pl. 1.