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Manissadjian, John (1868-1942)
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)
John
Last name
Manissadjian
Initials
A.
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
B, G, K, LE, MO, P, S, W, Z
Countries
Western Asia: Turkey
Associate(s)
Aznavour, Georges Vincent (1861-1920) (correspondent)
Biography
Professor Manissadjian was a Professor of Physical Science at Anatolia College, Merzifon (Marsovan), and a keen botanist and plant collector who collaborated with Georges Aznavour.
Born in Kiskar, Turkey, Manassidjian studied in Berlin. He joined the American-backed Anatolia College in 1890, where he established a natural history museum containing thousands of specimens. Among Manissadjian's personal botanical collections from Anatolia was the new tulip Tulipa sprengeri Baker, now extinct in the wild but popular in cultivation.
Manissadjian, who was of Armenian descent, survived the Armenian genocide during the period of the First World War, but was arrested and imprisoned by Ottoman forces.
Colchicum manissadjianii (Azn.) K.Perss. is named in his honour. Collections are sometimes labelled with the name A. Manissadjian, which perhaps comes from the title Agha.
Sources:
A. Baytop, 2010, "Plant collectors in Anatolia (Turkey)", Phytologia Balcanica, 16(2): 199
W. Marais, 1980, "Notes on Tulipa (Liliaceae)", Kew Bulletin, 35(2): 257-259
B.B. Morley and H. Kaiser, 2000, Marsovan 1915: The Diaries of Bertha B. Morley: 10-11.
Born in Kiskar, Turkey, Manassidjian studied in Berlin. He joined the American-backed Anatolia College in 1890, where he established a natural history museum containing thousands of specimens. Among Manissadjian's personal botanical collections from Anatolia was the new tulip Tulipa sprengeri Baker, now extinct in the wild but popular in cultivation.
Manissadjian, who was of Armenian descent, survived the Armenian genocide during the period of the First World War, but was arrested and imprisoned by Ottoman forces.
Colchicum manissadjianii (Azn.) K.Perss. is named in his honour. Collections are sometimes labelled with the name A. Manissadjian, which perhaps comes from the title Agha.
Sources:
A. Baytop, 2010, "Plant collectors in Anatolia (Turkey)", Phytologia Balcanica, 16(2): 199
W. Marais, 1980, "Notes on Tulipa (Liliaceae)", Kew Bulletin, 35(2): 257-259
B.B. Morley and H. Kaiser, 2000, Marsovan 1915: The Diaries of Bertha B. Morley: 10-11.
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)
John
Last name
Manissadjian
Initials
A.
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
B, G, K, LE, MO, P, S, W, Z
Countries
Western Asia: Turkey
Associate(s)
Aznavour, Georges Vincent (1861-1920) (correspondent)
Biography
Professor Manissadjian was a Professor of Physical Science at Anatolia College, Merzifon (Marsovan), and a keen botanist and plant collector who collaborated with Georges Aznavour.
Born in Kiskar, Turkey, Manassidjian studied in Berlin. He joined the American-backed Anatolia College in 1890, where he established a natural history museum containing thousands of specimens. Among Manissadjian's personal botanical collections from Anatolia was the new tulip Tulipa sprengeri Baker, now extinct in the wild but popular in cultivation.
Manissadjian, who was of Armenian descent, survived the Armenian genocide during the period of the First World War, but was arrested and imprisoned by Ottoman forces.
Colchicum manissadjianii (Azn.) K.Perss. is named in his honour. Collections are sometimes labelled with the name A. Manissadjian, which perhaps comes from the title Agha.
Sources:
A. Baytop, 2010, "Plant collectors in Anatolia (Turkey)", Phytologia Balcanica, 16(2): 199
W. Marais, 1980, "Notes on Tulipa (Liliaceae)", Kew Bulletin, 35(2): 257-259
B.B. Morley and H. Kaiser, 2000, Marsovan 1915: The Diaries of Bertha B. Morley: 10-11.
Born in Kiskar, Turkey, Manassidjian studied in Berlin. He joined the American-backed Anatolia College in 1890, where he established a natural history museum containing thousands of specimens. Among Manissadjian's personal botanical collections from Anatolia was the new tulip Tulipa sprengeri Baker, now extinct in the wild but popular in cultivation.
Manissadjian, who was of Armenian descent, survived the Armenian genocide during the period of the First World War, but was arrested and imprisoned by Ottoman forces.
Colchicum manissadjianii (Azn.) K.Perss. is named in his honour. Collections are sometimes labelled with the name A. Manissadjian, which perhaps comes from the title Agha.
Sources:
A. Baytop, 2010, "Plant collectors in Anatolia (Turkey)", Phytologia Balcanica, 16(2): 199
W. Marais, 1980, "Notes on Tulipa (Liliaceae)", Kew Bulletin, 35(2): 257-259
B.B. Morley and H. Kaiser, 2000, Marsovan 1915: The Diaries of Bertha B. Morley: 10-11.
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