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Biographical data

 

White, J.Th.

 

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

 

Born: 1893, Semarang, Java. Died: Oct. 1945, murdered by extremists, near Buitenzorg, Java.

 

career:

Agriculturist, educated at Wageningen Agricultural College, where he took his Dr’s degree in 1926; for many years Assistant Agrogeologist and subsequently Chief of the Laboratory for Agrogeology and Soil Investigation at Wageningen; since 1930 Chief of the Pedological Institute at Buitenzorg.

 

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: material of Rhynchospora and Dimeria from Java (coll. Aug. 1933).

 

biographical data:

Wie is dat? 1935, p. 476-477.