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Wijck, Jhr Herman Constantijn van der

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

Born: 1815, The Hague, Holland. Died: 1889, The Hague.

career:

Joined the D.E.I. Civil Service in 1837; in 1842 he was appointed Assistant Resident of Djokjakarta, in 1842 of Salatiga, and in 1846 of Buitenzorg; in 1853 Resident of Banioemas. in 1855 of the Priangan Regencies, and in 1858 of Soerabaja; from 1860-64 a Member of Council. (‘Raad van Indië’).

He is commemorated in Pavetta wijckii Hassk. (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936), a species collected in Noesa Kambangan (S of Centr. Java) ‘unde misit ad hort. bot. speciem hanc elegantem Mr. H.C. van der Wijck, provinciae Banjumas turn tempore praefectus.’¹

collections:
In 1854 he forwarded some cuttings of ‘widjojo koesomo’ (Pisonia sylvesfris Teijsm. & Binn.) to Hort. Bog.²

literature:

(1) cf. Hasskarl, Retzia (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 10, 1856, p. 21).
(2) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 9, 1855, p. 349.

	Career Collections Literature
	Wijck, Jhr Herman Constantijn van der
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1815, The Hague, Holland. Died: 1889, The Hague.
	career: Joined the D.E.I. Civil Service in 1837; in 1842 he was appointed Assistant Resident of Djokjakarta, in 1842 of Salatiga, and in 1846 of Buitenzorg; in 1853 Resident of Banioemas. in 1855 of the Priangan Regencies, and in 1858 of Soerabaja; from 1860-64 a Member of Council. (‘Raad van Indië’). He is commemorated in Pavetta wijckii Hassk. (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936), a species collected in Noesa Kambangan (S of Centr. Java) ‘unde misit ad hort. bot. speciem hanc elegantem Mr. H.C. van der Wijck, provinciae Banjumas turn tempore praefectus.’¹
	collections: In 1854 he forwarded some cuttings of ‘widjojo koesomo’ (Pisonia sylvesfris Teijsm. & Binn.) to Hort. Bog.²
	literature: (1) cf. Hasskarl, Retzia (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 10, 1856, p. 21). (2) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 9, 1855, p. 349.