WelsemJWAvan

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Welsem, Johannes Wilhelmus Antonius van

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

Born: 1866, Deventer, O., Holland. Died: 1927, Batavia, Java.

career:

Schoolmaster, since 1890 serving in the D.E.I. His first station was Depok (W. Java), about 1893 on Saparoea (island S of Ceram),¹ in 1904 transferred to Batavia, where he was attached to secondary schools from 1915-18, and subsequently at Bandoeng from 1919-22, retiring in the latter year, settling at Lembang, Priangan Residency, Java.

Together with C.A. Backer (see there) he wrote a botanical text-book;² besides he published small papers in ‘De Tropische Natuur’.

Collecting localities:

c. 1916-18. W. Java: Batavia, Lembang (1918), etc.; in E. Java: G. Smeroe, etc.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: probably some hundreds of plants (a no 333 from G. Smeroe), but hardly any data are available. Also plants in Herb. Mus. Econ. Bot. Buit. = Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF].

literature:

(1) J.W.A. van Welsem: ‘Herinneringen uit de Molukken’ (Trop. Nat. 4, 1915, p. 182-186; 5, 1916, p. 14-16, 72-76, w. several fig.; dealing with the beach fauna!).
(2) J.W.A. van Welsem & C.A. Backer: ‘Leerboek der Plantkunde voor Nederlandsch lndië’ (Weltevreden 1920, 3rd ed.).

biographical data:

Trop. Nat. 16, 1927, p. 109 + portr.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Welsem, Johannes Wilhelmus Antonius van
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1866, Deventer, O., Holland. Died: 1927, Batavia, Java.
	career: Schoolmaster, since 1890 serving in the D.E.I. His first station was Depok (W. Java), about 1893 on Saparoea (island S of Ceram),¹ in 1904 transferred to Batavia, where he was attached to secondary schools from 1915-18, and subsequently at Bandoeng from 1919-22, retiring in the latter year, settling at Lembang, Priangan Residency, Java. Together with C.A. Backer (see there) he wrote a botanical text-book;² besides he published small papers in ‘De Tropische Natuur’.
	Collecting localities: c. 1916-18. W. Java: Batavia, Lembang (1918), etc.; in E. Java: G. Smeroe, etc.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: probably some hundreds of plants (a no 333 from G. Smeroe), but hardly any data are available. Also plants in Herb. Mus. Econ. Bot. Buit. = Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF].
	literature: (1) J.W.A. van Welsem: ‘Herinneringen uit de Molukken’ (Trop. Nat. 4, 1915, p. 182-186; 5, 1916, p. 14-16, 72-76, w. several fig.; dealing with the beach fauna!). (2) J.W.A. van Welsem & C.A. Backer: ‘Leerboek der Plantkunde voor Nederlandsch lndië’ (Weltevreden 1920, 3rd ed.).
	biographical data: Trop. Nat. 16, 1927, p. 109 + portr.