AbendanonEC

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Abendanon, Eduard Cornelis

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

Born: 1878, Pati, Java.

career:

Mining engineer, educated at the Technical College at Delft (Holland) and for an interval of one year at Aix-la-Chapelle (Germany); study tours in Europe for the D.E. Indian Government, 1900-01; in the employ of the D.E.I. Mining Service, 1901-06, from 1903-05 at his own expense making an exploration tour in China and a voyage round the world; from 1907-18 preparation for, execution of, and working out of the results of the Celebes Expedition (see below) of the Royal Dutch Geographic Society;’ exploration tour to Spitsbergen, 1920; Extraordinary Professor at the Municipal University of Amsterdam, 1921-25; from Nov. 1937-Nov. 1939 travelling in S. Africa, the Dutch East Indies, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, and the Dutch East Indies once more; from Febr. 1940-July 1946 staying at Monte Carlo; at present living at Voorburg near The Hague and planning to work out the material for a 3-volume work.
He composed a geological map of the Dutch East Indies and is the author of several geological papers.
Quercus abendanonii Valeton is named after him.

Collecting localities:

Celebes Expedition, 1909-10.¹1909. S. Celebes: arrival at Makassar (March 30); Makassar-Palo(p)po (Apr. 10-13); Palo(p)po (13-15); reconnaissance from the N and E of the Latimodjong Mts (15-26), e.g. exploring S. Latoepa, S. Limbong, S. Garoeang, Limpo Batoe, S. Meraring; Palo(p)po (Apr. 26-May 7); Ponrang (8) and exploration of the Latimodjong Mts till June 12 (top bivouac on Boeloe Palakka, May 16-June 2); ascending the middle-course of the Sa(ä)dang to Rante Pao (June 14-22), also visiting Makale; Rante Pao (22-30); trip to Palo(p)po (July 1-12), e.g. visiting S. Loko; trip to the west, S. Masoepoe (8-25); along the S. Mamasa (July 26-Aug. 14), Letta Mts; descending the Lower Sa(d)dang River (17-22), Enrekang; Makassar (23-24); trip to Malili (25-28); basin of the Malili River (Sept. 28-Nov. 10), visiting the lakes Matana (Oct. 3-11), Towoeti, Mahalona, Wawo toa and Masipi (Oct. 14-Nov. 3); Malili-Makassar (Nov. 10-14) and for some months back to Java. 2nd Part of the Expedition. 1910. SW. Celebes: Makassar-Palo(p)po (March 13-21); Centr. Celebes: via Lake Po(s)so to Kolone Dale (March 21-Apr. 10), visiting Masamba; stay at Kolone Dale (10-18); exploration of the connecting part with the E. peninsula of Centr. Celebes (19-23); Po(s)so (Apr.24-May 6); the Po(s)so depression (May 7-25), visiting Tentena; Koro-Lariang trip (May 26-June 17), visiting Gintoe, Gimpoe, Bangkakoro, as far as Saloeponto; beach-bivouac at Saloeponto and by sea to Donggala (20-21); the depression, fossa Sarasina, of the Sarasins (July 1-10), Paloe, Koelawi Plain; Donggala (I1-18); by sea to Mamoedjoe, Madjene and Pare Pare (arriving 21st); stay at Pare Pare (21-24); ancient beds of the Lower Sa(ä)dang and the bay of Pare Pare (July 25-Aug. 1); back to Makassar and Aug. 7 sailing to Java.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO], valuable but very scanty material, few numbers, e.g. from Latimodjong Mts.² During the expedition zoological collections were made too. See also under R.M. Amad and J.J. Lefèvre. Also living material forHort. Bog.

literature:

(1) E.C. Abendanon: ‘Onderzoek van Centraal Celebes’ (Tijdschr. K.N.A.G. 26, 1909, p. 141-142, 464, 645-654, 800-821, 988-995; 27, 1910, p. 79-106, 506-529, 979-1001, 1219-1232); ‘Celebes en Halmaheira’ (l.c. 1910, p. 1149-1172 and 1303; both with ill., maps, etc.); ‘Die Expedition der Kgl. Niederl. Geogr. Ges. nach Zentral Celebes 1909 and 1910’ (Peterm. Geogr. Mitt. 57, 1911, p. 234-238); ‘Midden-Celebes Expe-ditie. Geologische en geographische doorkruisingen van Midden-Celebes (1909-1910)’ (Leiden 1915-18, 4 vols + atlas).
(2) On the flora of the Latimodjong Mts cf. ‘Midden-Celebes Expeditie etc.’ l.c. vol. 1, p. 102; description of a new species cf. Icon. Bogor. 4¹, 1910, p. 81-82; and l.c. 4³, 1912, p. 179-180.

biographical data:

Amsterdamsche Studenten-Almanak for 1926, p. 63-70 + portr.; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Abendanon, Eduard Cornelis
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1878, Pati, Java.
	career: Mining engineer, educated at the Technical College at Delft (Holland) and for an interval of one year at Aix-la-Chapelle (Germany); study tours in Europe for the D.E. Indian Government, 1900-01; in the employ of the D.E.I. Mining Service, 1901-06, from 1903-05 at his own expense making an exploration tour in China and a voyage round the world; from 1907-18 preparation for, execution of, and working out of the results of the Celebes Expedition (see below) of the Royal Dutch Geographic Society;’ exploration tour to Spitsbergen, 1920; Extraordinary Professor at the Municipal University of Amsterdam, 1921-25; from Nov. 1937-Nov. 1939 travelling in S. Africa, the Dutch East Indies, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, and the Dutch East Indies once more; from Febr. 1940-July 1946 staying at Monte Carlo; at present living at Voorburg near The Hague and planning to work out the material for a 3-volume work. He composed a geological map of the Dutch East Indies and is the author of several geological papers. Quercus abendanonii Valeton is named after him.
	Collecting localities: Celebes Expedition, 1909-10.¹1909. S. Celebes: arrival at Makassar (March 30); Makassar-Palo(p)po (Apr. 10-13); Palo(p)po (13-15); reconnaissance from the N and E of the Latimodjong Mts (15-26), e.g. exploring S. Latoepa, S. Limbong, S. Garoeang, Limpo Batoe, S. Meraring; Palo(p)po (Apr. 26-May 7); Ponrang (8) and exploration of the Latimodjong Mts till June 12 (top bivouac on Boeloe Palakka, May 16-June 2); ascending the middle-course of the Sa(ä)dang to Rante Pao (June 14-22), also visiting Makale; Rante Pao (22-30); trip to Palo(p)po (July 1-12), e.g. visiting S. Loko; trip to the west, S. Masoepoe (8-25); along the S. Mamasa (July 26-Aug. 14), Letta Mts; descending the Lower Sa(d)dang River (17-22), Enrekang; Makassar (23-24); trip to Malili (25-28); basin of the Malili River (Sept. 28-Nov. 10), visiting the lakes Matana (Oct. 3-11), Towoeti, Mahalona, Wawo toa and Masipi (Oct. 14-Nov. 3); Malili-Makassar (Nov. 10-14) and for some months back to Java. 2nd Part of the Expedition. 1910. SW. Celebes: Makassar-Palo(p)po (March 13-21); Centr. Celebes: via Lake Po(s)so to Kolone Dale (March 21-Apr. 10), visiting Masamba; stay at Kolone Dale (10-18); exploration of the connecting part with the E. peninsula of Centr. Celebes (19-23); Po(s)so (Apr.24-May 6); the Po(s)so depression (May 7-25), visiting Tentena; Koro-Lariang trip (May 26-June 17), visiting Gintoe, Gimpoe, Bangkakoro, as far as Saloeponto; beach-bivouac at Saloeponto and by sea to Donggala (20-21); the depression, fossa Sarasina, of the Sarasins (July 1-10), Paloe, Koelawi Plain; Donggala (I1-18); by sea to Mamoedjoe, Madjene and Pare Pare (arriving 21st); stay at Pare Pare (21-24); ancient beds of the Lower Sa(ä)dang and the bay of Pare Pare (July 25-Aug. 1); back to Makassar and Aug. 7 sailing to Java.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO], valuable but very scanty material, few numbers, e.g. from Latimodjong Mts.² During the expedition zoological collections were made too. See also under R.M. Amad and J.J. Lefèvre. Also living material forHort. Bog.
	literature: (1) E.C. Abendanon: ‘Onderzoek van Centraal Celebes’ (Tijdschr. K.N.A.G. 26, 1909, p. 141-142, 464, 645-654, 800-821, 988-995; 27, 1910, p. 79-106, 506-529, 979-1001, 1219-1232); ‘Celebes en Halmaheira’ (l.c. 1910, p. 1149-1172 and 1303; both with ill., maps, etc.); ‘Die Expedition der Kgl. Niederl. Geogr. Ges. nach Zentral Celebes 1909 and 1910’ (Peterm. Geogr. Mitt. 57, 1911, p. 234-238); ‘Midden-Celebes Expe-ditie. Geologische en geographische doorkruisingen van Midden-Celebes (1909-1910)’ (Leiden 1915-18, 4 vols + atlas). (2) On the flora of the Latimodjong Mts cf. ‘Midden-Celebes Expeditie etc.’ l.c. vol. 1, p. 102; description of a new species cf. Icon. Bogor. 4¹, 1910, p. 81-82; and l.c. 4³, 1912, p. 179-180.
	biographical data: Amsterdamsche Studenten-Almanak for 1926, p. 63-70 + portr.; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.