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Bradfield, R.D. (1882-1949)
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)
R.D.
Last name
Bradfield
Initials
R.D.
Life Dates
1882 - 1949
Collecting Dates
1923 - 1937
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
PRE (main), A, GRA, K, P
Countries
Southern Africa: Namibia, South Africa
Biography
South African farmer and naturalist who lived in Namibia. He sent birds and mammals from the Waterberg Plateau and the Namib Desert to the British Museum and to Austin Roberts at Transvaal Museum. He also made extensive plant collections on his farm near Okahandja and after retiring to Benoni in South Africa. He is commemorated in several bird species, including Bradfield's Swift, Apus bradfieldi, Bradfield's Hornbill, Tockus bradfieldi, and Bradfield's Lark, Miafra naevia.
References
Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 102; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 92;
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)
R.D.
Last name
Bradfield
Initials
R.D.
Life Dates
1882 - 1949
Collecting Dates
1923 - 1937
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
PRE (main), A, GRA, K, P
Countries
Southern Africa: Namibia, South Africa
Biography
South African farmer and naturalist who lived in Namibia. He sent birds and mammals from the Waterberg Plateau and the Namib Desert to the British Museum and to Austin Roberts at Transvaal Museum. He also made extensive plant collections on his farm near Okahandja and after retiring to Benoni in South Africa. He is commemorated in several bird species, including Bradfield's Swift, Apus bradfieldi, Bradfield's Hornbill, Tockus bradfieldi, and Bradfield's Lark, Miafra naevia.
References
Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 102; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 92;
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