George Darby Haviland (1857–1901) was a British

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and naturalist. He was born at

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, Sussex in

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. He served as Director of the

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as well as being a medical officer in

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and

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of the

Sarawak Museum The Sarawak State Museum ( ms, Muzium Negeri Sarawak) is the oldest museum in Borneo. It was founded in 1888 and opened in 1891 in a purpose-built building in Kuching, Sarawak. It has been said that naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace encouraged C ...

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from 1891 to 1893. In 1895 he returned to England and worked at the Kew Herbarium in

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before going to

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where he died in

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Plant species

Some plant species named for Haviland: *'' Alangium havilandii'' *''

Alsophila havilandii ''Alsophila havilandii'', synonym ''Cyathea havilandii'', is a species of tree fern endemic to Kinabalu National Park in Borneo, where it grows in ridge forest at an altitude of 2400–3000 m. It is a rather small species, having an erect trunk ...

'' *'' Barringtonia havilandii'' *''

Chionanthus havilandii ''Chionanthus havilandii'' grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is whitish. Inflorescences bear up to four pairs of fragrant yellow or white flowers. Fruit is green turning light brown, round, up to in diameter. ...

'' *'' Diospyros havilandii'' *''

Lithocarpus havilandii ''Lithocarpus havilandii'' is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It is named for the British surgeon and naturalist George Darby Haviland. Description ''Lithocarpus havilandii'' grows as a tree up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The ...

'' *''

Shorea havilandii ''Shorea havilandii'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. It is named for the English naturalist George Darby Haviland. Description ''Shorea havilandii'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . It has buttres ...

'' *''

Vatica havilandii ''Vatica havilandii'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat los ...

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Voacanga havilandii ''Voacanga havilandii'' grows as a small tree up to high, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is pale green to whitish. Its flowers feature a white or cream corolla. The fruit is up to in diameter. Its habitat is lowland forest from sea l ...

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Xanthophyllum havilandii ''Xanthophyllum havilandii'' is a plant in the family Polygalaceae. It is named for the naturalist George Darby Haviland. Description ''Xanthophyllum havilandii'' grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall with a stem diameter of up to . The ba ...

'' His zoological author abbreviation is Haviland.

References

1857 births 1901 deaths British curators British surgeons British botanists People from Warbleton British naturalists {{UK-botanist-stub