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Leersum, Pieter van

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

Born: 1854, Utrecht, Holland. Died: 1920, Amsterdam, Holland.

career:

Pharmacist, educated at Utrecht University; Chemist for the Cinchona culture in Java since 1884; in 1892 appointed Director of the Government Cinchona-plantation, Bandoeng, Java; retired in 1915.

collections:

Herb. Leiden [L]; Herb. Kol. Mus. (= Ind. Inst. Amsterdam): 23 nos Cinchona herbarium (pres. 1896); Herb. Groningen [now in L]: 26 species and varieties of Cinchona (pres. 1897).

	Career Collections
	Leersum, Pieter van
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1854, Utrecht, Holland. Died: 1920, Amsterdam, Holland.
	career: Pharmacist, educated at Utrecht University; Chemist for the Cinchona culture in Java since 1884; in 1892 appointed Director of the Government Cinchona-plantation, Bandoeng, Java; retired in 1915.
	collections: Herb. Leiden [L]; Herb. Kol. Mus. (= Ind. Inst. Amsterdam): 23 nos Cinchona herbarium (pres. 1896); Herb. Groningen [now in L]: 26 species and varieties of Cinchona (pres. 1897).