StrugnellEJ

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Strugnell, Edmund Jardine

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1903, London, England.

career:

B.Sci. in Forestry in Edinburgh University; joined the Forest Department Malay Peninsula in 1924. In 1934 temporarily in charge of the Forest Research Institute, Kepong; now Asst Director of the Department of Forestry in the Mal. Peninsula. In May 1953 appointed Deputy Director; in 1954 he retired and migrated to Australia.

Collecting localities:

Malay Peninsula: ascent of G. Benom from Raub (May 1930, a first attempt was made in Sept. 1929!);¹Cameron Highlands and down to the Tenom Valley, accompanied by a plant collector of Singapore (Aug.); Dindings (1931); Rantau Panjang in Selangor (19..). He collected throughout the Federated Malay States.

In later years he evidently made trips to G. Tahan, G. Chahang, and G. Bubu.⁴

In Sumatra he visited Bengkalis (Nov. 1929), Deli and Atjeh (Jan. 1930),² and possibly the swamps of the East Coast in 1934 or 1935 again.³

collections:

He numbered in the Conservator of Forests (C.F.) (see there) series of the For. Res. Inst. at Kepong. Material probably both in Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP] and Singapore [SING]; dupl. in Herb. Edinburgh [E].

literature:

(1) E.J. Strugnell & W.S. Wilbourn: ‘An ascent of Gunong Benom from Raub’ (Journ. Mal. Br. Roy. As. Soc. 9, 1931, p. 15-27; incl. list of herb. specimens).
(2) E.J. Strugnell: ‘A report on the swamp forests of the East Coast of Sumatra’ (typescript in For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg).
(3) E.J. Strugnell: ‘Across Sumatra by car’ (Malayan Forester 4, 1935, p. 172-176).
(4) cf. Malayan Forester vol. 6, p. 131; l.c. 11, p. 28 and 85.

biographical data:

Mal. For. 18, 1955, p. 2-3, with portr.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Strugnell, Edmund Jardine
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1903, London, England.
	career: B.Sci. in Forestry in Edinburgh University; joined the Forest Department Malay Peninsula in 1924. In 1934 temporarily in charge of the Forest Research Institute, Kepong; now Asst Director of the Department of Forestry in the Mal. Peninsula. In May 1953 appointed Deputy Director; in 1954 he retired and migrated to Australia.
	Collecting localities: Malay Peninsula: ascent of G. Benom from Raub (May 1930, a first attempt was made in Sept. 1929!);¹Cameron Highlands and down to the Tenom Valley, accompanied by a plant collector of Singapore (Aug.); Dindings (1931); Rantau Panjang in Selangor (19..). He collected throughout the Federated Malay States. In later years he evidently made trips to G. Tahan, G. Chahang, and G. Bubu.⁴ In Sumatra he visited Bengkalis (Nov. 1929), Deli and Atjeh (Jan. 1930),² and possibly the swamps of the East Coast in 1934 or 1935 again.³
	collections: He numbered in the Conservator of Forests (C.F.) (see there) series of the For. Res. Inst. at Kepong. Material probably both in Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP] and Singapore [SING]; dupl. in Herb. Edinburgh [E].
	literature: (1) E.J. Strugnell & W.S. Wilbourn: ‘An ascent of Gunong Benom from Raub’ (Journ. Mal. Br. Roy. As. Soc. 9, 1931, p. 15-27; incl. list of herb. specimens). (2) E.J. Strugnell: ‘A report on the swamp forests of the East Coast of Sumatra’ (typescript in For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg). (3) E.J. Strugnell: ‘Across Sumatra by car’ (Malayan Forester 4, 1935, p. 172-176). (4) cf. Malayan Forester vol. 6, p. 131; l.c. 11, p. 28 and 85.
	biographical data: Mal. For. 18, 1955, p. 2-3, with portr.