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Robinson, Herbert Christopher (1874-1929)

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)
Herbert Christopher
Last name
Robinson
Initials
H.C.
Life Dates
1874 - 1929
Collecting Dates
1896 - 1915
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K (main), DPU (currently NY), MO, P, SING, US
Countries
Pacific region: Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAustralasia: AustraliaIndo-China: ThailandMalesian region: Indonesia, Malaysia
Associate(s)
Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851-1932) (assistant)
Kloss, Cecil Boden (1877-1949) (co-collector)
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956) (co-collector)
Seimund, E. (fl. 1916-1926) (specimens to)
Wray, Leonard (1853-1942) (co-collector)
Biography
English zoologist from Liverpool who trained at Marlborough College and was subsequently employed as an assistant to H.O. Forbes in Liverpool Museum (1897-1900). He later visitied Malaysia with T.N. Annandale (1900) and was appointed Director of the Federated Malay States Museums in Kuala Lumpur (1903-1926) and Inspector of Fisheries (1906-). He collected extensively in Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia and Thailand and was the first to ascend Gunong Tahan in Pahang, Malaysia where he found many novelties within the high altitude flora. Robinson eventually returned to England and died at Oxford. His original phanerogams were mainly sent to K but a large number of specimens are at BM, including types and cryptogams that were transferred from K under the terms of the Morton Agreement.
References
Desmond, R., Dict. Brit. Irish Bot. Hortic., ed. 2 (1994): 588; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 770; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 871; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1187;

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)
Herbert Christopher
Last name
Robinson
Initials
H.C.
Life Dates
1874 - 1929
Collecting Dates
1896 - 1915
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K (main), DPU (currently NY), MO, P, SING, US
Countries
Pacific region: Cocos (Keeling) IslandsAustralasia: AustraliaIndo-China: ThailandMalesian region: Indonesia, Malaysia
Associate(s)
Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851-1932) (assistant)
Kloss, Cecil Boden (1877-1949) (co-collector)
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (1855-1956) (co-collector)
Seimund, E. (fl. 1916-1926) (specimens to)
Wray, Leonard (1853-1942) (co-collector)
Biography
English zoologist from Liverpool who trained at Marlborough College and was subsequently employed as an assistant to H.O. Forbes in Liverpool Museum (1897-1900). He later visitied Malaysia with T.N. Annandale (1900) and was appointed Director of the Federated Malay States Museums in Kuala Lumpur (1903-1926) and Inspector of Fisheries (1906-). He collected extensively in Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia and Thailand and was the first to ascend Gunong Tahan in Pahang, Malaysia where he found many novelties within the high altitude flora. Robinson eventually returned to England and died at Oxford. His original phanerogams were mainly sent to K but a large number of specimens are at BM, including types and cryptogams that were transferred from K under the terms of the Morton Agreement.
References
Desmond, R., Dict. Brit. Irish Bot. Hortic., ed. 2 (1994): 588; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 770; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 871; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1187;
Robinson, Herbert Christopher (1874-1929)
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