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

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: 1894, The Hague, Holland. Died: 1965, The Hague, Holland

career:

Studied forestry at Wageningen; in 1920 appointed Forest Officer in D.E. Indian Govt service and as such stationed at Madioen 1920-28, in the forest district Cheribon-Tasikmalaja 1929, and since 1933 at the same time charged with the management of Garoet; at Bondowoso end of 1935-38¹, at Malang 1938-40; in 1940 stationed in the Head-Office Buitenzorg for affairs connected with nature and game protection; in 1941 appointed Inspector of the eastern part of the D.E.I., stationed at Makassar. After his internment by the Japanese returning thither about 1946; he retired in 1947. At present attached to the Zoological Garden at Rotterdam, Holland.

collections:

Few, Herb. Bog. [BO], e.g. from Garoet (1933), Madjalengka (1934), Rafflesia patma Blume collected in the Penandjoeng Peninsula² near Pangandaran on the S. coast of Centr. Java (March 1934) and Rafflesia zollingeriana in S. Djember (E. Java, May 10, 1940); some Ja. nos in Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF].

literature:

(1) F.J. Appelman: ‘De Baloeran’ (Natuur in Indië 1937, p. 49-56, w. ill.); and papers on nature protection etc.

(2) F.J. Appelman: ‘Het schiereiland Penandjoeng’ (Versl. N.I. Ver. t. Nat. Besch. for 1933-34, p. 55-59, fig. 3-5).

biographical data:

Wie is dat? 1935, p. 444. Tectona 38, 1948, p. 195-196. Blijdorp Geluiden 13, no 4, Apr. 1965, p. 2-3, with portr.; Panda Nieuws 1, no 8, Apr. 1965, p. 1; Vakbl. Biol. 45, 1965, p. 74-76; Meded. Ned. Com. Int. Nat. Besch. 19, 1965, p. 13-25, with portr. a. bibliogr.

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