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Dupont, Frits

 

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

 

Born: 1909, Schiedam, Z.H., Holland.

Died: probably killed Febr. 1942 during military action in Celebes.

 

career:

Was appointed Agriculturist in the employ of the General Experiment Station for Agriculture (Buitenzorg, Java) in 1930; later stationed at Manado, Celebes, at the Coconut Experiment Station. Author, together with G.J. Scheepmaker (see there), of a book on the life-history of Javan butterflies.

 

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: 9 nos for identification (1935), some from the Wijnkoopsbaai in W. Java (Dec.).