About Cornelis Bas
Lived 1928 – 2013 (aged 84–85). Cornelis Bas was a Dutch botanist, mycologist and biologist.
Dr. Cornelis (Kees) Bas (1928 – February 10, 2013) was a Dutch mycologist.
Dr. Bas was born in Rotterdam and graduated in Biology at Leiden University in 1954. In 1953, he began working at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, as curator for the fungi, in particular, the Agaricales. Early in his career he played an important role in modernizing the collections of Dutch and European higher fungi. He died on February 10, 2013.
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Who was Cornelis Bas?
Dutch mycologist (1928-2013)
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Cornelis Bas was born in 1928 in Rotterdam.
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Cornelis Bas died on 10 February 2013.
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Cornelis Bas was a botanist, mycologist and biologist.
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Cornelis Bas was Dutch.
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