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Jukes, Prof. J. Beete

 

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

 

career:

Accompanied H.M.S. ‘Fly’ under the command of Capt. F.P. Blackwood (1842-46) as a naturalist.1 He made zoological and geological collections; the plants were probably collected by J. MacGillavry (see there for itiner., coll., etc.).

 

literature:

(1) J.B. Jukes: ‘Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, etc., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-46; together with an excursion into the interior of the Eastern part of Java’ (London 1847, 2 vols). Dutch transl. by W.R. Hoëvell: ‘Togten van een Engelschman door den Indischen Archipel’ (Zaltbommel 1853).

 

biographical data:

‘The letters of J.B. Jukes’ edited with memorial notes by his sister (London 1871) (non vidi).

 

photo gallery:

see: www.rogerco.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/geol/geol.htm