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Biographical data

 

Gijsberts, Andreas Herman

 

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

 

Born: 1844, Rotterdam, Holland.

 

career:

Entered the D.E.I. Government service in 1863; from 1874-78 and 1879-85 Assistant Resident of Sintang (W. Borneo); since 1885 Resident of Borneo’s Western Division; pensioned off in 1891. He was a promoter of the interests of agriculture and industry.

Shorea gysbertiana Burck was named after him.

 

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: material of Shorea gysbertiana1 (1886) and of a gutta-producing tree (1887). Living plants to Hort. Bog. (1881, 1885).

 

literature:

(1) cf. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 6, 1887, p. 211, pl. 23.

 

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.