Dalziel, John McEwan (1872-1948)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
John McEwan
Last name
Dalziel
Initials
J.M.
Life Dates
1872 - 1948
Collecting Dates
1895 - 1927
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K (main), B, BM, BR, BRE, COI, E, F, FHO, L, M, MO, NY, P, PRE, S, US, W
Countries
Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneChinese region: China
Associate(s)
Alston, Arthur Hugh Garfit (1902-1958)(co-author)Fairchild, David Grandison (1869-1954)(leader)Hutchinson, John (1884-1972)(co-author)
Biography
British doctor and botanist born at Nagpur, lndia. He was a medical missionary in China (1895-1902) and later joined the West African Medical Service and became a forest officer (1905-1922). From 1923 he was employed at Kew and joined the Allison V. Armour Expedition (1925-1927). He edited the Flora of West Tropical Africa with Hutchinson and Alston.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 141; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 4, 22; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 151;
Dalziel, John McEwan (1872-1948)
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