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Henderson, Murray Ross (1899-1982)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Murray Ross
Last name
Henderson
Initials
M.R.
Life Dates
1899 - 1982
Collecting Dates
1921 - 1939
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
NBG (main), A, BM, BO, C, K, MO, NY, P, SING, US
Countries
Malesian region: MalaysiaSouthern Africa: South Africa
Associate(s)
Corner, Edred John Henry (1906-1996) (co-collector)
Haniff, Mohammed (1872-1930) (co-collector)
Holttum, Richard Eric (1895-1990) (co-collector)
Kloss, Cecil Boden (1877-1949) (co-collector)
Biography
Scottish botanist and specialist in the genus Eugenia. After graduating with a degree in botany from Aberdeen University, Murray Ross Henderson accepted an appointment as botanist with the Museums Department of the Federated Malay States (1921-1924), and from 1924 was curator of the herbarium at the Singapore Botanic Garden. He was temporarily put in charge of the Museums Department in Penang (1937-1938) before returning to his duties in Singapore. He left with evacuees before the Japanese occupation and between 1941 and 1945 he was based at Kirstenbosch, where he undertook research on South African cycads. At the end of the war he returned to Singapore Botanic Garden (1946), becoming Assistant Director (1948) and eventually Director (1949) before his retirement to Aberdeen in 1954.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 267; Codd, L.E & Gunn, M. Bothalia 3-4 (1985): 640; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 182; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 268;
Henderson, Murray Ross (1899-1982)
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