Herman Johannes Lam (3 January 1892 in
Veendam – 15 February 1977 in
Leiden
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) was a
Dutch botanist
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.
Lam studied at
Utrecht University
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, where he was awarded a
Doctor of Biology in 1919. Lam was the appointed the director of the ''
Rijksherbarium'' in 1933. He retired from academic work in 1962.
He was member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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since 1960.
[
In 1957, botanist Steenis published a genus of plants from ]New Guinea
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(belonging to the family Bignoniaceae) as '' Lamiodendron'', in his honour.
References
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1892 births
1977 deaths
People from Veendam
20th-century Dutch botanists
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences