GersenGJ

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Biographical data

Gersen, G.J.

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

Born: 1826, Alkmaar, N.H., Holland. Died: April 1, 1877.

career:

Came to the D.E.I. in 1852 and was appointed Officer of the Civil Service in 1855. He was stationed in Sumatra (1855-63)¹, Celebes (1863-74; since 1865 Assistant Resident)² and SE. Borneo (Resident at Bandjermasin from 1874); dismissed in 1877 on account of ill health.

Several plants were named after him.

Collecting localities:

c. 1860. S. Sumatra, Palembang: Moeara Enim.³-1868-69. SW. Celebes: Maros, Makassar, etc.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: a Hopea from Maros (Celebes) was numbered in the H.B. series.

literature:

(1) Gersens (probably identical, but misspelled): ‘Iets over de katoencultuur in de divisie Lematang Ilier, Res. Palembang’ (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 22, 1860, p. 435-442): ‘Korte beschrijving van eene aardharslaag, voorkomende in de divisie Lematang-Oeloe, Res. Palembang’ (l.c. 24, 1862, p. 517-519).
(2) G.J. Gersen: ‘Topographische schets van de bergregentschappen der Noorder-districten van Celebes’ (Tijdschr. Ind. Taal-, Land- en Volkenk. 16, 1867, p. 352-376). The title is misleading, but this paper bears upon SW. Celebes.
(3) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 24, 1862, p. 320.

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Gersen, G.J.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1826, Alkmaar, N.H., Holland. Died: April 1, 1877.
	career: Came to the D.E.I. in 1852 and was appointed Officer of the Civil Service in 1855. He was stationed in Sumatra (1855-63)¹, Celebes (1863-74; since 1865 Assistant Resident)² and SE. Borneo (Resident at Bandjermasin from 1874); dismissed in 1877 on account of ill health. Several plants were named after him.
	Collecting localities: c. 1860. S. Sumatra, Palembang: Moeara Enim.³-1868-69. SW. Celebes: Maros, Makassar, etc.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: a Hopea from Maros (Celebes) was numbered in the H.B. series.
	literature: (1) Gersens (probably identical, but misspelled): ‘Iets over de katoencultuur in de divisie Lematang Ilier, Res. Palembang’ (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 22, 1860, p. 435-442): ‘Korte beschrijving van eene aardharslaag, voorkomende in de divisie Lematang-Oeloe, Res. Palembang’ (l.c. 24, 1862, p. 517-519). (2) G.J. Gersen: ‘Topographische schets van de bergregentschappen der Noorder-districten van Celebes’ (Tijdschr. Ind. Taal-, Land- en Volkenk. 16, 1867, p. 352-376). The title is misleading, but this paper bears upon SW. Celebes. (3) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 24, 1862, p. 320.
	biographical data: Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.