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Milsum, John Noel

 

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

 

Born: 1890, England. Died: 1970.

 

career:

Former Student Gardener at Kew, since 1913 or ‘14 officer in the Agricultural Department Straits Settlements & Fed. Malay States (cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5).

 

collections:

Herb. Kew [K], Kuala Lump. [KEP] and Sing. [SING]. According to Mr Holltum (in litt.) he collected at various times a considerable number of specimens of native and cultivated plants in the Malay Peninsula.