Career

Collections

 

Santen, Henricus van

 

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

 

Born: Kampen, O., Holland. Died: Sept. 19, 1765, Batavia, Java.

 

career:

Went to Java as an Assistant Surgeon for the Chamber Zealand of the East India Company, in 1746. Later Chief Physician at Batavia.

 

collections:

In the years 1758-59 he collected some plants for N.L. Burman; in Herb Burman = Deless. (= Geneva [G]). Some are mentioned in Burman’s Flora Indica.