Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakestein ; 1637 - 1691 - Dutch botanist and colonial politician.
| Hendrick van Rede that Draculaine | |
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| niderl. Hendrik van rheede tot draakestein | |
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| Date of Birth | 1637 |
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| Date of death | December 15, 1691 |
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| Scientific field | botany |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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The names of the plants described by him may be abbreviated " Rheede " From the point of view of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the scientific names of plants published before May 1, 1753 are not considered truly published, and this reduction is practically not found in modern scientific literature. Personal page on IPNI website |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Some scientific works
- 3 Plant taxa named after H. van Rede
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Biography
Hendrick van Rede was supposedly born in early 1637 into the family of Ernst van Rede. His mother died in February 1637, and his father, Ernst van Rede, died in 1640. After the death of Hendrick's father, the Drakestein estate went to his elder brother, Godard. Hendrick's second brother, Johan, was an ensign ; Frederick, captain, was killed in 1649 in a battle with Portugal; Anthony was the page of the Prince of Orange ; Karel was a knight of the Johannes Protestant Order. Hendrick in childhood was assigned to the Navy. Around 1657, Hendrick was recorded as a warrant officer by the Dutch East India Company .
Rede participated in the first siege of Cochin in 1662 under the command of Admiral Reyclof van Guns . After the second, successful siege of the city ( 1663 ), Rede, as well as Johan Bucks and Barend van Scheulenburg were promoted to captain. In 1669, Hendrik van Rede was appointed head of the Dutch Malabar.
In 1677, Rede returned to the Netherlands. Since 1684, Hendrick has been the chief representative of the Dutch East India Company.
On December 15, 1691, Hendrik van Rede died aboard a ship bound for Surat . He was buried in Surat in January 1692.
Some scientific papers
- Hortus indicus malabaricus . 1678-1703. 12 vols.
- Malabaarse Kruidhof . 1720
Plant taxa named after H. van Rede
- Rheedia L. , 1753 [ syn. Garcinia L., 1753 ]
Notes
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2012.
Literature
- PJ Veth. Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (nid.) // De Gids . - 1887. - Bd. 51 , nr. 3 . - P. 423-475 .
- Stafleu FA , Cowan RS Taxonomic Literature : [ eng. ] . - Ed. 2. - Utrecht, Antwerpen, The Hague, Boston, 1983. - Vol. IV: P — Sak. - P. 750—753. - 1214 p. - ISBN 90-313-0549-9 . - DOI : 10.5962 / bhl.title.48631 .