Wade, Herbert Windsor |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1886, Haddonfield, N.J., U.S.A. |
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Studied medicine at Tulane in the U.S.A.. in which country he was on the staff of various institutions till 1915; 1916-18 on the staff of the Bur. of Sci. Manila; since 1918 Professor in the Univ. of the Philippines, from 1922-31 Pathologist in charge of research in the Culion Leper Colony, Philippines, and subsequently Medical Director of the Leonard Wood Memorial, Culion. Cycas wadei Merr. and Begonia wadei Merr. & Quisumb. were named after him. |
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With Dr G.A. Perkins he collected Cycas wadei Merr. in Culion Isl. (Apr. 1923); he collected a few other plants too; material in Herb. Manila [PNH]. |
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Nat. Res. Counc. P.I. Bull. no 7, 1937, p. 759; Amer. Men of Sci. 1938. |