William Burck (4 February 1848, Monnickendam, the Netherlands – 25 September 1910, Leiden, the Netherlands)William Burck (1848 - 1910)
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Biography
in the ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' was a Dutch

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. He obtained a doctorate from

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in 1874. In 1881 he became Assistant Director of the then Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java. He collected a large number of plant specimens from locations including the Padang Highlands of western

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. The genus '' Burckella'' is named for him. He was elected a corresponding member of the

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in 1885 and resigned in 1903. He was re-admitted as member in 1907.

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1848 births 1910 deaths 19th-century Dutch botanists Dutch phytopathologists Leiden University alumni Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Monnickendam {{Netherlands-botanist-stub