Career

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Blok, Ferdinand

 

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

 

Born: 1884, Tjimalakka, W. Java.

 

career:

Since 1909 Forest Officer in the D.E.I., stationed at Madioen, Besoeki, and in the teak districts of Java; in 1921 in the Head-office of the Forestry Service at Buitenzorg and afterwards in the employ of the Teak Forest Administration there; in 1929 appointed Inspector of the latter service; retired in 1932.

 

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: Dendrobium hasseltii from G. Moeriah (= Moerjo in Centr. Java) (pres. Sept. 1929 through the intermediary of the For. Res. Inst.).