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Vischer, Wilhelm

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: 1890, Basel, Switzerland. Died: 1960, Basel, Switzerland.

career:

Botanist, educated at Basel, Munich and Geneva (Ph.Dr 1914, Munich); in 1914 expedition to Paraguay with Prof. Chodat;¹ subsequently at Geneva with Prof. Chodat; from 1919-22 on the staff of the Rubber Experiment Station W. Java;² Professor of Taxon-nomy at Basel University.

Collecting localities:

Between Aug. 1919-22. In W. Java, at Tjibodas etc.; in E. Java: G. Raun (with W.H. Arisz), Idjen Plateau, etc.; Bali (10 days, little or not collected); S. Sumatra: Lampong Distr. (2 or 3 days); Sumatra West Coast: Padang Highlands to Sg. Kwanten in Indragiri (Centr. Sum.).

collections:

Several plants presented to C.A. Backer and Bakhuizen van den Brink Sr (see there). Private herbarium and demonstration material for his lectures at Basel. Herb. Bot. Gard. Berne: material of Cladopus nymani, diapositives of Rafflesia patma and Cycas rumphii, candles of Tjibodas (pres. 1925).

literature:

(1) R. Chodat & W. Vischer: ‘La vegetation du Paraguay’ (Bull. Herb. Boiss. fasc. 2, 1918, p. 1-290, fig. 107; l.c. 3, 1920, p. 1-379).
(2) Author of several papers on rubber in Rubber Archief 1920-23 etc.

biographical data:

Verb. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 140, 1960, p. 253-257, portr., bibliogr.; Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 72, 1961, p. 358-363, portr., bibliogr.; Rev. Algol. n.s. 7, 1964, p. 115-118, portr., bibliogr.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Vischer, Wilhelm
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: 1890, Basel, Switzerland. Died: 1960, Basel, Switzerland.
	career: Botanist, educated at Basel, Munich and Geneva (Ph.Dr 1914, Munich); in 1914 expedition to Paraguay with Prof. Chodat;¹ subsequently at Geneva with Prof. Chodat; from 1919-22 on the staff of the Rubber Experiment Station W. Java;² Professor of Taxon-nomy at Basel University.
	Collecting localities: Between Aug. 1919-22. In W. Java, at Tjibodas etc.; in E. Java: G. Raun (with W.H. Arisz), Idjen Plateau, etc.; Bali (10 days, little or not collected); S. Sumatra: Lampong Distr. (2 or 3 days); Sumatra West Coast: Padang Highlands to Sg. Kwanten in Indragiri (Centr. Sum.).
	collections: Several plants presented to C.A. Backer and Bakhuizen van den Brink Sr (see there). Private herbarium and demonstration material for his lectures at Basel. Herb. Bot. Gard. Berne: material of Cladopus nymani, diapositives of Rafflesia patma and Cycas rumphii, candles of Tjibodas (pres. 1925).
	literature: (1) R. Chodat & W. Vischer: ‘La vegetation du Paraguay’ (Bull. Herb. Boiss. fasc. 2, 1918, p. 1-290, fig. 107; l.c. 3, 1920, p. 1-379). (2) Author of several papers on rubber in Rubber Archief 1920-23 etc.
	biographical data: Verb. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 140, 1960, p. 253-257, portr., bibliogr.; Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 72, 1961, p. 358-363, portr., bibliogr.; Rev. Algol. n.s. 7, 1964, p. 115-118, portr., bibliogr.