Cooper, Roland Edgar (1890-1962)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Roland Edgar
Last name
Cooper
Initials
R.E.
Life Dates
1890 - 1962
Collecting Dates
1914 - 1915
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
A, BM, E, P
Countries
Indo-China: MyanmarIndian region: Bhutan, IndiaChinese region: China
Associate(s)
Bulley, Arthur Kilpin (1861-1942) (co-collector)
Biography
Roland Edgar Cooper was appointed to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1910, and was sent to Sikkim, Bhutan and the Western Himalayas between 1913 and 1917 as a plant-hunter funded by the wealthy cotton trader A.K. Bulley. He discovered many new species on his travels, including Lobelia nubigena J.Anthony, and many plants he found were introduced to cultivation in Britain. After working in the Maymyo Botanic Garden in Burma from 1921-1930, Cooper eventually returned to Edinburgh, becoming assistant curator then curator at the Royal Botanic Garden in 1934. He remained at the gardens until his retirement in 1950 and was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1942. Cooper was born in Kingston-on-Thames, London.

Sources:
B. McLean, 1997, A pioneering plantsman: A.K. Bulley and the great plant hunters.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 129; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 138;
Cooper, Roland Edgar (1890-1962)
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