Posts Tagged ‘Dutch botanists’
Christine Johanna Buisman: The Pioneer Who Helped Unravel Dutch Elm Disease
Dutch Elm Disease March 22, 1900 Today is the birthday of the Dutch Phytopathologist Christine Johanna Buisman. Christine worked on the all-female-team of scientists tackling Dutch Elm Disease and led by the great botanist Johanna Westerdijk. Christine is remembered for her dedication to the topic, and she was the first scientist from the group to…
Read MoreJan Gronovius: Botanist, Taxonomy Pioneer, and Plant Namer
The Twinflower Today is the birthday of the Dutch botanist Jan Gronovius. Gronovius’s story is inextricably bound to the Virginia botanist John Clayton. Clayton botanized Virginia. In the early 1700s, Clayton sent specimens to Gronovius both directly and indirectly through the English naturalist Mark Catesby. Gronovius was a little in over his head as he…
Read MoreGeorge Clifford Ill: The Dutch Banker Who Shaped Linnaeus’s Botanical Masterpiece
Director of Dutch East India Trading Company  Today is the birthday of the wealthy Dutch banker and a director of the Dutch East India Company George Clifford III. Clifford loved gardens and had a passion for plants and plant collecting. His work with the Dutch East India Company had made him quite wealthy, and he…
Read MoreJan Frederik Gronovius: Dutch Botanist and Early Collaborator of John Clayton
A Way With Words Today is the anniversary of the death of the Dutch botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius who died on this day in 1762. Gronovius’s story is inextricably bound to the Virginia botanist John Clayton. Clayton botanized Virginia. In the early 1700s, Clayton sent specimens to Gronovius both directly and indirectly through the English…
Read MoreFrom Dutch Meadows to Javanese Gardens: The Life of Botanist John Paulus Lotsy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 11, 1867 On this day, the botanical world welcomed John Paulus Lotsy into its verdant fold—a Dutch botanist and geneticist of considerable merit who first drew breath in Dordrecht and later became…
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