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Lynes, Hubert (1874-1942)

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)
Hubert
Last name
Lynes
Initials
H.
Life Dates
1874 - 1942
Collecting Dates
1919 - 1938
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BR (main), BM, COI, K, MO
Countries
Southern Africa: South Africa, Angola, MalawiTropical Africa: Sudan, Tanzania, Congo, Democratic Republic, Guinea-BissauNorth Africa: Egypt, Morocco
Associate(s)
Lowe, Willougby Prescott (1872-1949) (co-author, co-collector)
Biography
Born in Wales, Lynes had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy (1887-1919), rising to the rank of Rear-Admiral. He was an enthusiastic ornithologist and undertook a great deal of fieldwork, both when his duties allowed him and after his retirement. Lynes settled in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and undertook a number of expeditions, mainly in eastern and northern Africa, though he also collected in Europe. A proposed expedition to China had to be abandoned. His diaries and photographs are mainly in the library of The Natural History Museum, London, though some of his earlier field notes were lost during the First World War when his ship was torpedoed. Botanical collections were made in addition to his ornithological studies, particularly during the expedition to Sudan with W.P. Lowe.
References
Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 472; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 236;
Lynes, Hubert (1874-1942)
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