Royen, David van (1727-1799)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
David van
Last name
Royen
Initials
D. van
Life Dates
1727 - 1799
Collecting Dates
1762 - 1777
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
L (main), LINN
Countries
Europe: NetherlandsSouthern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Royen, Adriaan van (1704-1779) (co-collector, uncle)
Clifford, George (1685-1760) (correspondent)
Linnaeus, Carl (1707-1778) (correspondent)
Biography
Director of Leiden Botanic Gardens. David van Royen succeeded his uncle, Adriaan van Royen, at the Leiden gardens, where he greatly added to the collections. He had studied medicine at Leiden Univeristy, earning his degree in 1752, before being appointed professor of botany at Leiden in 1754. He retired in 1786. Van Royen was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1759 and was married to Barbara van der Burch (1724-1768). His major publications were Oratio de hortis publicis (1754) and Novae plantae Schwenkia (1766).

Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 3: 187
B.D. Jackson, 1922, Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 134(supplement): 19.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 547; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 793;
Royen, David van (1727-1799)
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