Career

 

Colijn, Dr A.H.

 

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

 

Born: 1894, Ambarawa, Java. Died: 1945, Muntok, Banka.

 

career:

Since 1921 in the employ of the B.P.M. (Batavian Oil Co.). Leader of an expedition to the Carstensz Mts in Dutch New Guinea, performed at the end of 1936 (further data cf. sub Wissel).

He is commemorated in the moss Ditrichum colijnii Dixon.