Hell, Willem Frederik van |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1906, Medan, Sumatra. |
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Botanist, educated at Leiden University, taking his Ph.Dr’s degree in 1931 at Utrecht; from 1931-34 teacher of natural history at Wageningen and Utrecht (1933-34); from 1934 onwards on the staff of the General Experiment Station A.V.R.O.S. at Medan, Sumatra. After World War II he was evacuated to Holland, returning to Sumatra in Aug. 1947. |
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Herb. Bog. [BO]: e.g. some ferns and Balanophora (pres. through the A.V.R.O.S., 1935-38). |