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Bois, Cora du

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

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

Born: 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

career:

Anthropologist, educated at Columbia, who took her Ph. Dr’s degree in California in 1932, where she worked for several subsequent years; Professor in the Columbia University, N.Y. City.

Author of: ‘The people of Alor. A social-psychological study of an East Indian island’ (1944).

Collecting localities:

She took part in the Ethnological Mission of the said University, making explorations in the Isle of Alor (Lesser Sunda Islands), when stationed at Kalabahi from 1938-Febr. 1939.

collections:

In Jan. 1939 she collected 99 nos of useful plants which were presented to Herb. Bog. [BO]; they were identified by Dr van Steenis.¹

literature:

(1) C.G.G.J. van Steenis: ‘Report on some useful plants from the Island of Alor (Timor Archipelago, N.E.I.) collected by Miss Cora Du Bois in 1939 (Blumea 6, 1948, p. 246-262).

biographical data:

Amer. Men of Sci. 1938.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Bois, Cora du
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
	career: Anthropologist, educated at Columbia, who took her Ph. Dr’s degree in California in 1932, where she worked for several subsequent years; Professor in the Columbia University, N.Y. City. Author of: ‘The people of Alor. A social-psychological study of an East Indian island’ (1944).
	Collecting localities: She took part in the Ethnological Mission of the said University, making explorations in the Isle of Alor (Lesser Sunda Islands), when stationed at Kalabahi from 1938-Febr. 1939.
	collections: In Jan. 1939 she collected 99 nos of useful plants which were presented to Herb. Bog. [BO]; they were identified by Dr van Steenis.¹
	literature: (1) C.G.G.J. van Steenis: ‘Report on some useful plants from the Island of Alor (Timor Archipelago, N.E.I.) collected by Miss Cora Du Bois in 1939 (Blumea 6, 1948, p. 246-262).
	biographical data: Amer. Men of Sci. 1938.