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Biographical data

 

Spennemann, August W.

 

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

 

Born: c. 1878, Bielefeld, Germany. Died: 194., in allied prisoner camp, Br. India.

 

career:

Came to Java about 1915; plantation assistant in East and West Java. About 1928 he lived for some years at Bandoeng, and from 1930 on a plantation at Parakan Salam near Poerwakarta (W. Java). In May 1940 he was interned by the Dutch.

His special interest was bird life and its relation to botany.

 

collections:

He incidentally collected plants on which birds were seen, between 1930-32. Herb. Bog. [BO]: 3 nos from Poerwakarta (W. Java) leg. Spennemann, numbered in the series of van der Pijl (see there). In total he collected 6 nos, viz 285-290, of which only 3 in the Buitenzorg Herbarium.

 

biographical data:

Chron. Naturae 104, 1948, p. 3.