ChaperM

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Chaper, Maurice

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

career:

A civil mining engineer who made geological explorations in Panama Isthmus, Borneo, the Caucasus, Africa, Ivory Coast (1882), California, the Antilles, Venezuela and Ceylon.

Author of some papers relating to Borneo.¹

Millettia chaperii Gagnep. from Borneo (coll. Nov. 1890) was named after him.

Collecting localities:¹

1890-91. Leaving Paris (Aug. 23, 1890); Singapore (Sept. 17-Oct. 2); W. Borneo: Sambas (5); Bay of Padang-Tikar, sailing into the Koeboe branch of the Kapoeas, Kapoeas ketjil, Pontianak (6); by boat (16) ascending the Kapoeas River to Sanggau, Sekadau (18), Sepau, Belitang, and Sintang; proceeding the 23rd, reaching the confluence with the Sebroeang (27), and Semitau; exploration of the Sebroeang River, Sg. Knapei (Kenepai), Penindoe River, Sg. Mang, Sg. Ajoe, and visiting G. Rajoen and G. Oejan (6 weeks from the end of Oct. onwards); Semitau; leaving Semitau (Jan. 9, 1891), Sintang (10), and back at Pontianak (21); Singapore (31).

collections:

Herb. Paris [P]. Extensive zoological collections at Paris too. Sometimes botanical specimens of his are referred to.²

literature:

(1) ‘Voyage à Borneo’ (Ann. d. Geogr. 3, 1894, p. 371-381); ‘Huit cents kilomètres à l'intérieur de l’Île de Borneo’ (Bull. Soc. Geogr. Comm. 16, 1894, p. 266-297).
(2) Uittien mentions a Thoracostachyum sumatranum from W. Borneo near Sg. Knapei (= Kenepai) (Oct. 1890); several plants in Merrill, Enum. Born. Pl., 1921; Ridley mentions Alpinia laxiflora Gagnep. from Borneo, without specific locality in Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 46, 1906, p. 245.

biographical data:

Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2, 1896, p. 305-307.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Chaper, Maurice
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	career: A civil mining engineer who made geological explorations in Panama Isthmus, Borneo, the Caucasus, Africa, Ivory Coast (1882), California, the Antilles, Venezuela and Ceylon. Author of some papers relating to Borneo.¹ Millettia chaperii Gagnep. from Borneo (coll. Nov. 1890) was named after him.
	Collecting localities:¹ 1890-91. Leaving Paris (Aug. 23, 1890); Singapore (Sept. 17-Oct. 2); W. Borneo: Sambas (5); Bay of Padang-Tikar, sailing into the Koeboe branch of the Kapoeas, Kapoeas ketjil, Pontianak (6); by boat (16) ascending the Kapoeas River to Sanggau, Sekadau (18), Sepau, Belitang, and Sintang; proceeding the 23rd, reaching the confluence with the Sebroeang (27), and Semitau; exploration of the Sebroeang River, Sg. Knapei (Kenepai), Penindoe River, Sg. Mang, Sg. Ajoe, and visiting G. Rajoen and G. Oejan (6 weeks from the end of Oct. onwards); Semitau; leaving Semitau (Jan. 9, 1891), Sintang (10), and back at Pontianak (21); Singapore (31).
	collections: Herb. Paris [P]. Extensive zoological collections at Paris too. Sometimes botanical specimens of his are referred to.²
	literature: (1) ‘Voyage à Borneo’ (Ann. d. Geogr. 3, 1894, p. 371-381); ‘Huit cents kilomètres à l'intérieur de l’Île de Borneo’ (Bull. Soc. Geogr. Comm. 16, 1894, p. 266-297). (2) Uittien mentions a Thoracostachyum sumatranum from W. Borneo near Sg. Knapei (= Kenepai) (Oct. 1890); several plants in Merrill, Enum. Born. Pl., 1921; Ridley mentions Alpinia laxiflora Gagnep. from Borneo, without specific locality in Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 46, 1906, p. 245.
	biographical data: Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2, 1896, p. 305-307.