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Hombron, Jacques Bernard (1798–1852) View Biographical Record
Article: Hombroni, hombronia, hombronianus, hombronii
Publication: Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië...
Subject ID: 41026
| Subject Name: | Hombron, Jacques Bernard |
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| Article Title: | Hombroni, hombronia, hombronianus, hombronii |
| Call Number: | L15 B126V |
| Notes: | Hombron, Jacques Bernard; 1798-1852; born Paris, died on the merchant vessel Ferdinand between Senegal and Europe; 1821 surgeon 3rd class with French navy; 1837 first class; 1851 2nd physician; travelled in Guadeloupe and Pacific; 1837-40 participant in Dumont d'Urville's world tour on L'Astrolabe; visited the Malayan archipelage (Amboyna, Aru-isls., Batavia, Ceram, Macassar, Ternate, S. Sumatra, Timor, Mindanao) and the Pacific; coll. plants a.o. in Timor, S. W. New Guinea, and S. Sumatra; part-author on the zool. results of this exped.; 1851 posted in Senegal; 1852 ill; died on the way back. 'Decaisnina hombronii V. Tiegh' , 'Hombronia Gaud.', and 'Phalaenopsis hombronii Finet' named for him. |