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Leer, Jacob Mozes van

 

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

 

Born: 1812, Gorredijk, Fr., Holland.

 

career:

Surgeon, first in the Dutch Army, from 1843-58 Medical Officer in the D.E. Indian Army.

Payena leerii Kurz was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936).

 

collections:

In 1852 he sent material of the above-mentioned plant from Palembang (S. Sumatra) to the ‘Natuurkundige Vereeniging’ at Batavia, from where it was forwarded to Buitenzorg.1

 

literature:

(1) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 6, 1854, p. 116, and l.c. 10, 1856, p. 101-103.