Moulton, John Coney (1886-1926)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
John Coney
Last name
Moulton
Initials
J.C.
Life Dates
1886 - 1926
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
AMES, BM, BO, E, K, P, PNH, SAR, SING, US
Countries
Malesian region: Malaysia
Associate(s)
Nur bin Mohamed Ghose, (Haji) Mohamed (1898-1958) (co-collector)
Biography
English naturalist who became Curator (1905-1915) of the Sarawak Museum where he founded Sarawak Museum Journal in 1911. He left to join the Wiltshire Regiment during the First World War, achieving the rank of Major. After the war he became Director (1919-1923) of the Raffles Museum. Many of the BM specimens were collected by unnamed field assistants and local collectors cited as 'Moulton's native collectors'.
References
Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 564;
Moulton, John Coney (1886-1926)
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