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Nagel, Alexander Louis Hendrik Adriaan

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

Born: 1831, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 1867, o/b during the home voyage to Holland.

career:

Joined the D.E.I. Government Service in 1851, placed at the disposal of the Director of Agriculture; in 1855 stationed in Priangan Residency, in 1856 transferred to Kedoe; in 1859 appointed District Officer of the Civil Service in the Lampong Districts (S. Sumatra); in 1863 District Officer at Makassar (SW. Celebes), and since July 1865 Assistant Resident at Montrado (W. Borneo).

He was evidently interested in caoutchouc-yielding trees.¹

collections:

He sent material from Sumatra to the ‘Natuurkundige Vereeniging’ at Batavia (pres. 1860-61);² and young plants of ‘kelajangan’ from W. Borneo to Teysmann, before 1868.³

literature:

(1) Author of ‘Iets over den Gom-elastiek boom (pohon kekaret) en de Boenoet’ (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 22, 1860, p. 383-385).
G.A. van Delden & A. Nagel: ‘Recherches sur les arbres, qui produisent la gomme-élastique dans l’île de Sumatra’ (Journ. Bot. néerl. 1, 1861, p. 263-268).
(2) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 22, 1860, p. 385 and l.c. 24, 1862, p. 100.
(3) cf. l.c. 30, 1868, p. 462-463.

	Career Collections Literature
	Nagel, Alexander Louis Hendrik Adriaan
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1831, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 1867, o/b during the home voyage to Holland.
	career: Joined the D.E.I. Government Service in 1851, placed at the disposal of the Director of Agriculture; in 1855 stationed in Priangan Residency, in 1856 transferred to Kedoe; in 1859 appointed District Officer of the Civil Service in the Lampong Districts (S. Sumatra); in 1863 District Officer at Makassar (SW. Celebes), and since July 1865 Assistant Resident at Montrado (W. Borneo). He was evidently interested in caoutchouc-yielding trees.¹
	collections: He sent material from Sumatra to the ‘Natuurkundige Vereeniging’ at Batavia (pres. 1860-61);² and young plants of ‘kelajangan’ from W. Borneo to Teysmann, before 1868.³
	literature: (1) Author of ‘Iets over den Gom-elastiek boom (pohon kekaret) en de Boenoet’ (Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 22, 1860, p. 383-385). G.A. van Delden & A. Nagel: ‘Recherches sur les arbres, qui produisent la gomme-élastique dans l’île de Sumatra’ (Journ. Bot. néerl. 1, 1861, p. 263-268). (2) cf. Nat. Tijdschr. N.I. 22, 1860, p. 385 and l.c. 24, 1862, p. 100. (3) cf. l.c. 30, 1868, p. 462-463.