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Nicholson, Donald Ian

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

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

Born: 1928, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

career:

Was trained at Sydney University and the Australian Forestry School, Canberra from 1945-48, and worked at the Forestry & Timber Bureau Canberra as a Research Officer from 1949-1954. He joined the Colonial Service in 1954, and was sent for 1 year to E. Africa being stationed at E.A.A.F.R.O. Kikuyu, Kenya; since 1957 Ecologist at Sandakan, North Borneo. He retired from the Sandakan Herbarium in 1965; subsequently he joined the Forest Department in North Queensland, at Cairns, Australia.

collections:

In SAN (= Sandakan) series in North Borneo, e.g. Lumat (Beaufort District) (9.4.1957); Herb. Sandakan [SAN] etc.