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Haas, Dirk de |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 1702. |
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Was reared in the Amsterdam orphanage and probably went to the East as a sailor. When in Tonkin he acquired a large fortune; in 1677 and 1679 Chief of the Dutch East India Company in Japan; in 1687 Governor of Ambon, in 1689 extraordinary member of the Council of lndia (since 1691 member). The genus Dehaasia Blume was named in his honour. |
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In 1691 he forwarded material and a drawing of Antiaris toxicaria Lesch. to Rumphius.1 |
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(1) cf. Blume, Rumphia 1, p. 57. |
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Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |
