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Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch

1810 – 1862

Dutch botanist

Botanist Bryologist

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About Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch

Lived 1810 – 1862 (aged 51). Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch was a Dutch botanist and bryologist.

Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810–1862) was a Dutch botanist known for studying ferns and mosses.

Works Bryologia Javanica seu descriptio muscorum frondosorum Archipelagi Indici iconibus illustrata - auctoribus F. Dozy et J. H. Molkenboer. Post mortem auctorum edentibus R. B. van den Bosch et C. M. van den Sande Lacoste - E. J. Brill in Lugduni-Batavorum - Leiden, 1855-1870 Downloadable on Biblioteca Digital Prodromus florae batavae - Editio altera. Nieuwe lijst der Nederlandsche phanerogamen en vaatkryptogamen. Uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche Botanische Vereniging. Nijmegen, F.E. Macdonald, 1901–1916 Plantae Junghuhnianae - Leiden, 1856 Hymenophyllaceae Javanicae, sive Descriptio hymenophyllacearum archipelagi Indici iconibus illustrata - Leiden, 1861

Eponyms Vandenboschia in the family Hymenophyllaceae.

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Important facts

Born

31 October 1810, Rotterdam

Birth century

19th century

Died

28 January 1862, Goes

Occupation

Botanist, bryologist

Nationality

Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands

Also known as

Bosch

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch's

Hans Christian Ørsted

1777 – 1851

Physicist

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

1778 – 1841

Botanist

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Frequently asked questions

Who was Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch?

Dutch botanist (1810-1862)

When was Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch born?

Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch was born on 31 October 1810 in Rotterdam.

When did Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch die?

Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch died on 28 January 1862 in Goes.

What was Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch's occupation?

Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch was a botanist and bryologist.

What nationality was Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch?

Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch was Dutch.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch

· Wikidata: Q3438551

· DBpedia: Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch

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