Charles Ferdinand Pahud (18 April 1803 – 31 August 1873) was the

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies ( nl, gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949. Occupied by Japanese fo ...

in 1856–1861.Pahud, Charles Ferdinand
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Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek The ''Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek'' (''NNBW'') is a biographical reference work in the Dutch language. It has been succeeded by the ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''. It was published in ten parts between 1911 and 1937 by ...

'', 1914; retrieved 17 January 2015. '' Cinchona pahudiana'', the variety of '' C. calisaya'' introduced to the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

for cultivation as a source of

quinine Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to ''Plasmodium falciparum'' that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available. While sometimes used for nocturnal leg cr ...

, was named in his honor.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pahud, Charles Ferdinand 1803 births 1873 deaths Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands Dutch East India Company people from Amsterdam