BoachieSrJ

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Boachie, Aquasie

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

Born: ± 1827, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Africa. Died: 1904, near Buitenzorg, Java.

career:

Prince of Ashanti who was transported to Holland with a cousin of his as hostages, when about 9 years old (his father being bound yearly to supply soldiers for the D.E.I.). As a pupil of the King of the Netherlands he got a European education, studying at Delft and Freiburg. In September 1850 he was appointed Mining Engineer in the D.E.I., stationed in Bantam; he resigned in 1857 as it became evident that he would have no access to the higher ranks. After a complaint to King Willem III, he obtained the right of long lease on land in Madioen (E. Java), together with a monthly gratification. In later years he was the tenant of the land Soekasari near Buitenzorg and subsequently a resident at Bantar Peteh near the same place.

He is the author of several geological papers.¹

Collecting localities:

We have little information concerning his tours; he accompanied C. de Groot (see there) on a trip to Bawean.

collections:
Herb. Bog. [BO], dried specimens of Jonesia monopetala Hassk.,² etc. Also living plants to Hort. Bog. in 1868-69.

For recent collections, cf. his son A. Boachi, sub Forest Research Institute, Buitenzorg.

literature:

(1) ‘Onderzoek naar de kolen, gevonden langs het strand der Meeuwenbaai, res. Bantam’ (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 9, 1855, p. 49-52) and other papers in the same periodical.
(2) cf. Hasskarl, Retzia, in Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 10, 1856, p. 199.

biographical data:

De Ingenieur 1900, p. 647 + portr. and p. 714; l.c. 1904, no 29; Ind. Gids 1904², p. 1362-1367; Encyclop. N.I. 5, 1927, p.131.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Boachie, Aquasie
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: ± 1827, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Africa. Died: 1904, near Buitenzorg, Java.
	career: Prince of Ashanti who was transported to Holland with a cousin of his as hostages, when about 9 years old (his father being bound yearly to supply soldiers for the D.E.I.). As a pupil of the King of the Netherlands he got a European education, studying at Delft and Freiburg. In September 1850 he was appointed Mining Engineer in the D.E.I., stationed in Bantam; he resigned in 1857 as it became evident that he would have no access to the higher ranks. After a complaint to King Willem III, he obtained the right of long lease on land in Madioen (E. Java), together with a monthly gratification. In later years he was the tenant of the land Soekasari near Buitenzorg and subsequently a resident at Bantar Peteh near the same place. He is the author of several geological papers.¹
	Collecting localities: We have little information concerning his tours; he accompanied C. de Groot (see there) on a trip to Bawean.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO], dried specimens of Jonesia monopetala Hassk.,² etc. Also living plants to Hort. Bog. in 1868-69. For recent collections, cf. his son A. Boachi, sub Forest Research Institute, Buitenzorg.
	literature: (1) ‘Onderzoek naar de kolen, gevonden langs het strand der Meeuwenbaai, res. Bantam’ (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 9, 1855, p. 49-52) and other papers in the same periodical. (2) cf. Hasskarl, Retzia, in Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 10, 1856, p. 199.
	biographical data: De Ingenieur 1900, p. 647 + portr. and p. 714; l.c. 1904, no 29; Ind. Gids 1904², p. 1362-1367; Encyclop. N.I. 5, 1927, p.131.