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Stephens, Arthur Bligh

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

Born: 1855, England; 1908. Died: Perak, Malay Peninsula.

career:

Planter and then (1895) Forest Officer in Perak, Malay Peninsula; later Deputy Conservator of Forests (1897-1909);¹ he collected forest trees in Perak.

Cymbidium stephensii Ridl. was named after him.

collections:
Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP].

literature:

(1) Author of ‘Precocious coconuts, with note by H.N. Ridley’ (Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 31, 1898. p. 103-104).

biographical data:

Burkill In Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collections Literature Biographical data
	Stephens, Arthur Bligh
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1855, England; 1908. Died: Perak, Malay Peninsula.
	career: Planter and then (1895) Forest Officer in Perak, Malay Peninsula; later Deputy Conservator of Forests (1897-1909);¹ he collected forest trees in Perak. Cymbidium stephensii Ridl. was named after him.
	collections: Herb. Kuala Lump. [KEP].
	literature: (1) Author of ‘Precocious coconuts, with note by H.N. Ridley’ (Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 31, 1898. p. 103-104).
	biographical data: Burkill In Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.