Dawe, Morley Thomas (1880-1943)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Morley Thomas
Last name
Dawe
Initials
M.T.
Life Dates
1880 - 1943
Collecting Dates
1902 - 1923
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
B, BM, BR, ENT, FHO, K, MEDEL, NJ (currently SL), NY, P, SL, US
Countries
Southern Africa: Angola, MozambiqueBrazilian region: BrazilTropical South America: ColombiaTropical Africa: Congo, Democratic Republic, Gambia, Sierra Leone, UgandaEurope: United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Dugand Gnecco, Armando (1906-1971) (co-collector)
Biography
British botanist and civil servant from Sticklepath, Devon. Trained at Kew, he collected widely in Africa and South America particulary studying economic species. He became a Crown agent who was sent by the Colonial office to Gambia (1919), and whose report resulted in the founding of the Agricultural Department. He was later appointed commissioner for Lands and Forests in Sierra Leone. The genus Dawea Sprague ex Dawe in the Canellaceae commemorates his name.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 145; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 23; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 126; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 154;
Dawe, Morley Thomas (1880-1943)
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