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Dickason, Frederick Garrett (1904-)
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)
Frederick Garrett
Last name
Dickason
Initials
F.G.
Life Dates
1933 - 1936
Collecting Dates
1933 - 1936
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Organisation(s)
A, AMES, BM, GH, P, RAW, US
Countries
Indo-China: Myanmar
Biography
U.S. missionary, teacher and botanist resident for many years in Burma (Myanmar), where he taught at Judson College, Rangoon. Prior to his time in Burma and for a second period while Burma was occupied by the Japanese, Dickason taught in the Punjab at Gordon College, Rawalpindi. While in Burma he collected plants, especially ferns, and earned his PhD from Ohio State University, Columbus, with a thesis entitled "A Phylogenetic Study of the Ferns of Burma" (1946). The orchid genus Dickasonia L.O. Williams was named in his honour (Dickason discovered the plant Dickasonia vernicosa L.O.Williams).
Sources:
R.R. Stewart, 1982, "Missionaries and Clergymen as Botanists in India and Pakistan", Taxon, 31(1): 63.
Sources:
R.R. Stewart, 1982, "Missionaries and Clergymen as Botanists in India and Pakistan", Taxon, 31(1): 63.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 161;
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)
Frederick Garrett
Last name
Dickason
Initials
F.G.
Life Dates
1933 - 1936
Collecting Dates
1933 - 1936
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Organisation(s)
A, AMES, BM, GH, P, RAW, US
Countries
Indo-China: Myanmar
Biography
U.S. missionary, teacher and botanist resident for many years in Burma (Myanmar), where he taught at Judson College, Rangoon. Prior to his time in Burma and for a second period while Burma was occupied by the Japanese, Dickason taught in the Punjab at Gordon College, Rawalpindi. While in Burma he collected plants, especially ferns, and earned his PhD from Ohio State University, Columbus, with a thesis entitled "A Phylogenetic Study of the Ferns of Burma" (1946). The orchid genus Dickasonia L.O. Williams was named in his honour (Dickason discovered the plant Dickasonia vernicosa L.O.Williams).
Sources:
R.R. Stewart, 1982, "Missionaries and Clergymen as Botanists in India and Pakistan", Taxon, 31(1): 63.
Sources:
R.R. Stewart, 1982, "Missionaries and Clergymen as Botanists in India and Pakistan", Taxon, 31(1): 63.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 161;
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