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

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

Born: 1892, Baambrugge, N.H., Holland. Died: 1973, Baambrugge, N.H., Netherlands.

career:

Studied medicine, but later specialized in pharmacology. In 1929 he took his Dr’s degree, and in the same year he was appointed Professor of Pharmacy at the Medical College, Batavia. After having been interned by the Japanese (1942-1946), he was reappointed in the University of Batavia.

Most of his papers deal with pharmacology and native medicine. From his youth he was interested in botany, especially in plant-breeding.

Collecting localities & collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: 250 nos from E. Soemba (Lesser Sunda Isls), collected July 1938.¹

literature:

(1) A. Grevenstuk: ‘Vacantie op Soemba’ (Trop. Nat. 28, 1939, p. 57-67, 11 fig.).

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