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Kinder (de Camarecq), Albert Wilhelm

 

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

 

Born: 1819, Weissig, Prussia, Germany.

 

career:

Joined the D.E.I. Government Service in 1839, stationed in Java, successively at Soerakarta (1839-41), Batavia (1841-46), Priangan Regencies (1846-47), Bagelen (1847-53); in 1853 appointed Assistant Resident at Soemedang and Soekapoera (Priangan), in 1858 Inspector of Agriculture, and from 1860-62 in the Civil Service at Soerabaja; from 1862-65 on European leave; in 1865 Resident of Cheribon; in 1866 Chief Inspector of Agriculture, and retired in the same year.

 

Collecting localities:

He climbed G. Gedeh-Pangrango in W. Java in company with Junghuhn (see there) (July 28-Aug. 3, 1839).

 

collections:

Herb. Berl. [B]: vascular cryptogams from Java (pres. 1858);1 fern dupl. in Herb. Leiden [L].

 

literature:

(1) Several ferns described by Kuhn in Miquel, Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat., 4, 1868/ 69, p. 276 seq.; collected in the Prov. of Bagelen in Centr. Java etc.