About Johan Baptist Spanoghe
Lived 1796 – 1838 (aged 41–42). Johan Baptist Spanoghe was an Indian and Indonesian botanist and explorer.
Johan Baptist Spanoghe (1798, Madras – 22 April 1838, Pekalongan, Java) was a Dutch botanical collector of Belgian parentage.
A native of Madras, then part of British India, he became a civil servant with the Dutch East Indies government in 1816. In 1821, he was named as an "assistant resident" for the southern divisions of the Bantam Residency in western Java. From 1831 to 1836, he was stationed on the island of Timor.
As a botanist in the East Indies, he collected plants in Java, Timor and neighboring islands, and also in Bali.
Publications Prodromus Florae Timorensis. 1838. (Linnaea, XV. 161–208, 314–350, 476–480. 1841).
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Who was Johan Baptist Spanoghe?
Dutch botanist (1796-1838)
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Johan Baptist Spanoghe was born in 1796 in Chennai.
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Johan Baptist Spanoghe died on 22 April 1838 in Pekalongan.
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Johan Baptist Spanoghe was a botanist and explorer.
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Johan Baptist Spanoghe was Indian and Indonesian.
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