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Boorsma, Willem Gerbrand

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

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

Born: 1867, Katwijk a/Zee, Z.H., Holland. Died: 1937, Oegstgeest, Z.H., Holland.

career:

Pharmacist, graduated (Ph. Dr) at Utrecht University in 1891; in the same year he went to the D.E.I., where he was appointed Military Dispenser; Chief of the Pharmacological Laboratory of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens, 1892-1917, and since 1904 besides teacher at the School of Agriculture at Buitenzorg; since 1914 until his retirement Director of the said school. He was the editor of the periodical Teysmannia from 1911-22.

His publications are all in the field of chemistry and pharmacology.

Piper boorsmae C.DC. was named after him.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: haphazard specimens from excursions, e.g. from P. Boeled, Bay of Batavia (Apr. 30, 1911). New Guinea Pipers were collected on his behalf; preserved in Herb. ?. In Herb. Kol. (= Ind.) Inst. Amsterdam: some specimens of plants (1912 and previously); in Show Mus. Berl.: 59 nos pharmacol. coll. from Java (pres. 1907).

Hort. Bog.: in the course of years many living plants from several localities.

biographical data:

Pharm. Tijdschr. N. 1. 1, 1924, p. 137; Portr. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 45, 1935, pl. 8; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936; Pharm. Wkbl. Ned. 74, 1937, p. 331; Voeding 27, 1966, p. 167-170, portr.

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	Boorsma, Willem Gerbrand
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: 1867, Katwijk a/Zee, Z.H., Holland. Died: 1937, Oegstgeest, Z.H., Holland.
	career: Pharmacist, graduated (Ph. Dr) at Utrecht University in 1891; in the same year he went to the D.E.I., where he was appointed Military Dispenser; Chief of the Pharmacological Laboratory of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens, 1892-1917, and since 1904 besides teacher at the School of Agriculture at Buitenzorg; since 1914 until his retirement Director of the said school. He was the editor of the periodical Teysmannia from 1911-22. His publications are all in the field of chemistry and pharmacology. Piper boorsmae C.DC. was named after him.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: haphazard specimens from excursions, e.g. from P. Boeled, Bay of Batavia (Apr. 30, 1911). New Guinea Pipers were collected on his behalf; preserved in Herb. ?. In Herb. Kol. (= Ind.) Inst. Amsterdam: some specimens of plants (1912 and previously); in Show Mus. Berl.: 59 nos pharmacol. coll. from Java (pres. 1907). Hort. Bog.: in the course of years many living plants from several localities.
	biographical data: Pharm. Tijdschr. N. 1. 1, 1924, p. 137; Portr. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 45, 1935, pl. 8; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936; Pharm. Wkbl. Ned. 74, 1937, p. 331; Voeding 27, 1966, p. 167-170, portr.