Career

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Michielsen, Willem Jan Marie

 

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

 

Born: 1844, Breda, Holland. Died: 1926, The Hague, Holland.

 

career:

Joined the D.E. Indian Civil Service in 1868; in 1874 he was stationed at Palambajan, Padang Highlands (Sumatra West Coast), in 1894 he was Resident of Deli (Sumatra East Coast); in 1898 Governor of Sumatra West Coast; retired in 1904.

 

collections:

Hort. Bog.: plants from Padang Highlands, Sumatra West Coast (presume 1874), and a Grammatophyllum spume from Sumatra East Coast (presume 1894).