Additional biographical notes on plant collectors in southern Africa

In our publication Botanical Exploration o f South­ ern Africa (G unn & Codd, 1981) many collectors’ nam es are listed with little o r no biographical infor­ m ation. A ttem pts have since been made to collect some o f the missing data and have, in several cases, m et with success. T he information gathered is now presented and the opportunity is taken to make som e corrections to the original text. In addition, several new nam es, not previously recorded, are added. It is also apparent that some nam es, taken over from lists published by Tólken (1971) and in the Index H erbariorum series on collectors, are scarcely im portant enough to w arrant inclusion.

B iographical n o tes o n plant collectors, supplem entary to those already published in Botanical Exploration o f Southern Africa by M ary G u n n & L. E. C odd (1981). and including som e collectors n ot previously re co rd e d , are provided.

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In o u r publication Botanical Exploration o f South ern Africa (G u n n & C odd, 1981) m any collectors' nam es are listed with little o r no biographical infor m ation. A ttem p ts have since been m ade to collect som e o f the missing data and have, in several cases, m et w ith success. T he inform ation gathered is now presen ted and the opportunity is taken to m ake som e corrections to the original text. In addition, several new nam es, not previously recorded, are ad d ed . It is also apparent that some nam es, taken ov er from lists published by T ólken (1971)  A bbott, A nthony Thom as Dixon (1936-) b. G re at B ritain, 22 Sept. 1936;farm er;e d . Rugby School 1950-54  A fte r her m arriage in 1949 to D r John Q uarry M atthew s, she w orked for a year in the P asteur Institute, Salisbury (now H arare), Zim babw e, as a clinical pathologist concerned mainly with haem atology, and has con tinued to assist h er husband with sim ilar laboratory work since he settled in R ichm ond, N atal.
H as collected several hundred specim ens, many with accom panying illustrations, mainly in N atal, eastern C ape and eastern p arts o f Zim babw e; in N U. In 1890 the family m oved to W arrenton w here C onnie (late r called 'Daisy') had her early schooling. A t th e age o f 14 she w ent to V redenburgh High School in C ape Town and w on several prizes fo r botany, her favourite sub ject. D uring school holidays at hom e she collected specim ens for th e A lbany M useum H erbarium , D r Schonland being a great friend o f her fath er's.
B efore leaving C ape T ow n, she took a short course in teaching. In 1907 the family m oved to Kim berley and she taught for tw o years. She also became friendly with D r W ilm an, D irector o f the M cG regor M useum , and collected plants fo r the herbarium . In 1910 she m arried P eter T ardrew and w ent to live first in Bloem hof, moving to Johannesburg in 1936, w here she becam e a keen m em ber o f the H ouse wives' League o f S. Africa. Fig. 1.
Specim ens in G R A , K M G ; also som e leg. Mrs T ardrew in PR E.
Ames, A. H . (fl. 1853) A ssistant naturalist with the U nited States N orth Pacific Surveying Expedition, which spent seven weeks in Sim on's Bay in 1853.
A few specim ens leg. A . H, A m es are in PH but th e m ajor collection was m ade by C harles Wright (see G unn & C odd, 1981). R ef.: M ears in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 155 (1981) and pers. com m . A pr. 1983. Algologist. Originally from Kiel and accom panied th e G erm an Tiefsee-Expedition o f 1898-99. C ol lected a few phanerogam s around C ape T ow n from 6-12 Nov. 1898 and m ade a collection o f m arine al gae, also a t Kerguelen, Seychelles and S um atra; in H BG. Ref.: pers. com m , from Prof. Kurt W alther, Ham burg, M arch 1977. Bain, T hom as C harles John (1830-93). b . G raaff-R einet, C . P ., 29 Sept. 1830;d . Cape T ow n, 29 Sept. 1893; roads engineer and builder of m any m ountain passes; trained by his father, the fam ous roads engineer, A ndrew G eddes B ain. A t th e request o f Sir H enry B arkly, governor o f the C ap e (q . v . G unn & C o d d , 1981) Balk will, Kevin (1958-) b. C ape T ow n, 14 Febr. 1958; stu d en t; ed. W itw atersrand U niv., graduating B.Sc. in 1979, H. Dip. E d. in 1980, B.Sc. (H ons) in 1981continuing with P h.D . at N atal U niv., Pieterm aritzburg. H as collected mainly in northern Transvaal and N atal, c. 1 000 o f his ow n num bers and 1 400 in con junction with o th er collectors, chiefly J . C . M anning and M. J. C adm an; N U , P R E , J.
C ollected 240 specim ens in Transvaal and N atal in January-F ebruary 1982; in B R , G E N T , L G , PR E .
Fourie, Stephanus P etrus (1949-) b, Potchefstroom , T ransvaal, 3 Sept. 1949; con servationist; ed. R and A frikaans U niv., graduating B.Sc, in 1973 and B.Sc. (H ons) in 1974. Spent his early years in Zim babw e (then R hodesia) and was aw arded th e shield for 'student o f the y e a r in the R hodesian arm y in 1968. A ppointed to the T ran s vaal Div. o  . S tarted a practice in C ape Tow n in 1892 and was a pioneer in m any fields, including public health, m edical education and surgi cal urology. He lectured in clinical surgery at C ape Tow n U niversity, served on innum erable com m it tees and was a keen sportsm an.

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Specim ens in BOL. K aris, Per-Ola (1955-) b. Stockholm . Sweden, 28 A ug. 1955;botanist;ed. Stockholm Univ. 1976-80, graduating B.Sc. At Kirstenbosch Sept. 1980 to Feb. 1981  His collecting num bers exceed 4 000, collected mainly around C ape T ow n, but also at places such as W orcester, the K aroo, B enoni, M afikeng, Botswana and Zim babw e. They w ere kept as a private collec tio n , th e best of which (over 1 000) were donated to SAM in 1932, w here they w ere rem ounted with the original labels in his handw riting. U nfortunately only th e m onth and not the year o f collecting was recorded. Fig. 11.  No. 13 (1972).

Latrobe, P eter (1795-1863)
A ssociated with the M oravian ministry in Fulneck, England. T h ere are som e specim ens in PH (Mears in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 155, 1981, andpers. comm. A pr. 1983) . 1944) Studied at N atal U niv., Pieterm aritzburg, during W orld W ar II and collected some plants while a stu dent, mainly together with E .A .C .L .E . Schelpe d u r ing an excursion to Port St Johns. Specimens in NU (pers. comm, from D r K .D . G ordon-G ray, Sept. 1982  C om m em orated in genera Levringia K ylin, Levringiella Kylin A ug. 1984. * Linley, John Stanley (1909 b. C aledon, C .P ,. 9 M arch 1909; pharm acist and conservationist; ed. C ape Technical C ollege, q u al ifying as a pharm acist in 1931. W as part-tim e lec tu re r in th e D ept o f Pharm acy 1 9 3 2 -4 8 , specializing in pharm acognosy; C hief Pharm acist, C ape Town City C ouncil, 1935-65. C ollected several hundred specim ens in the south w estern C ape Province mainly fo r (and o ften with) D r Joyce Lewis, hence largely Iridaceae but also Orchidaceae, Liliaceae, A m aryllidaceae and E rica ceae; accom panied D r John H utchinson for a day during his visit to C ape T ow n, and represented the T ercentenary Foundation in certain n atu re conser vation projects. Specim ens in SA M . Low rey, Tim othy K em per (1953-) b . W oodland, C alifornia, U S A , 12 A ug. 1953; botanist; ed. U tah State Univ. 1971-76, graduating B .Sc, in 1974and M.Sc. in 1976and U niv. o 16 O ct. 1867;d . Stellenbosch, Sept. 1958: missionary; initially trained as agriculturalist; arrived in South A frica as missionary on 7 Nov, 1894 to practise in N am aqualand, firstly at Kom m agas and later at Steinkopf, which also included the Richtersveld. in terested in natural history, especially plants, since childhood, his mission station becam e headquarters to M arloth on the latter's visits to N am aqualand, and they som etim es collected together. M eyer also sent plants collected on his ow n to M arloth and to H erre (q .v .), and insects to D r H. K, C. A ndreae (q .v .) which are at present housed in the South A fri can M useum , Interned at Pieterm aritzburg for a time during W orld W ar I, A fter his retirem ent he settled in Stellenbosch, w here he died and was b u r ied  M eyer, Luise (1905-) b , K om m agas, C .P ., 1905; daughter o f Rev. L. G . M eyer (q .v .) and Luise M eyer (q .v .); she som e tim es accom panied h er parents on collecting trips. C urrently (1984) living in Stellenbosch. Miicke, M . {ft. 1910) C ollected about 100 specim ens betw een W alvis Bay and W indhoek in 1910 and then collected m ore extensively in East Africa. R ef,: Strey, MS (1961), N etshiungani, Eric N , (1952 b . M aulum a, Dzanani D istr., V enda, 1952; for ester; ed. F ort C ox C ollege, C iskei, obtaining the diplom a in Forestry. A ppointed as a forester in V enda D ept o f Agric, and Forestry in 1977 and transferred to V enda H erbarium , T ate V ondo, in Ju n e 1978 as assistant to G . H em m ; later cu rato r o f the herbarium . Specimens in T a te V ondo h erb ar ium, P R E , PRU. Nicholas, Ashley (1954-) b. C hingola, Z am bia, 15 A ug, 1954botanist;ed. N atal Univ. Pieterm aritzburg, graduating B.Sc. in 1976;B.Sc. (H ons) in 1979;M .Sc. in 1982. A Fig. 13.
Van W yk, C hristina M aria (1955-) b. Stellenbosch, C .P ., 20 A pril 1955;botanist, ed. Stellenbosch Univ. 1973-1980    b, W orcester, C .P ., 23 O ct. 1917;d . W orcester, 11 Jan . 1983; dental surgeon; ed. W itwatersrand Univ. 1935, Stellenbosch Univ. 1936and G uy's H os pital, L ondon, 1937, graduating L .D .S ., R.C .S. Served as a b om ber pilot and later as a n instructor in the R . A .F . with the rank o f Flight L ieutenant during W orld W ar II and then retu rn ed to practise in W or cester, C .P . S tarted collecting as a hobby in 1962 and devoted most of his time to this occupation after be ing obliged to give u p his practice in 1977 due to ill ness.
Collected mainly in w estern C ap e, especially the upper Breede R iver Valley; specim ens c. 2 500, in N B G , BO L, PR E.
C om m em orated in Lebeckia waltersii Stirton. Ref.;R ourke in Veld A Flora 69: 148-49 (1983 B.Sc. (1938). H .E .D . (1939). T aught in Natal and Transvaal until her m arriage in 1942, and finally settled in C ape Tow n w here she undertook part-tim e work in the office o f the Kirstenbosch Botanic G ar den.
Specim ens c. 300, from w estern C ap e, in NBG.
' W illiams, C harles R. F arm er (7-1980) W as C hief conservator in the Indian Forest S er vice an d , after serving in W orld W ar II, he joined th e Faculty o f Forestry, Stellenbosch Univ. as lec tu rer in forest botany 1951-59, and was largely re sponsible fo r building u p their herbarium . A fte r his retirem ent he lived in Som erset W est w here he died in 1980 (pers. com m , from H .C . T aylor and Prof. D . G .M . D onald o f Stellenbosch, 1982 Univ. 1951; W itw aters rand Univ. 1952-57, graduating B .D .S . an d , in 1982 C om m em orated in Habenaria williamsonii C ribb, Stolzia williamsonii C ribb, Cardiochilos williamsonii C ribb, Eulophia williamsonii C ribb, Euphorbia wil liamsonii Leach. C ollected 2 760 num bers in C entral A frica (in K, S R G H ) in addition to m any collections jointly from tim e to tim e w ith L. C