Roorda van Eysinga, N.P.P.J. |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II) |
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Born: 1894, Middelburg, Netherlands. Died: 1940, killed in battle, Loosduinen/The Hague, Netherlands |
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Book-keeper; from 1920-23 attached to the K.N.I.L. (Netherlands Indian Army) at Magelang, Central Java. After return to the Netherlands he took up his old profession. In his spare time he studied the flora. |
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Centr. Java. 1920-23. Environs of Magelang, Kedu Residency, Possibly elsewhere in Java. |
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Presented (1971) to Herb. Leiden [L], together with a Dutch collection partly made together with his son, P.N.H.G. Roorda van Eysinga (born at Magelang, 1920), Agricultural Engineer, and partly by the latter (1940-47). It includes also a small Swiss collection leg. J.H. Roorda van Eysinga, and some cultivated plants. |