William Burck
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William Burck (4 February 1848 in Monnickendam, the Netherlands – 25 September 1910 in Leiden, the Netherlands)[1][2] was a Dutch botanist.[3] He obtained a doctorate from Leiden University in 1874. In 1881 he became Assistant Director of the then Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java. He collected a large number of plant specimens from locations including the Padang Highlands of western Sumatra. The genus Burckella is named for him.[3]
He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1885 and resigned in 1903. He was re-admitted as member in 1907.[1]
References
- ^ a b William Burck (1848 - 1910) at the KNAW website
- ^ Bartelds, Biography in the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek
- ^ a b "Burck, William". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Burck.
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