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NameCrueger; Hermann (1818 -1864); apothicary, director and government botanist
Dates and Placesb.11 Feb 1818, Hamburg, Germany; d.28 Feb 1864, San Fernando, Trinidad
SurnameCrueger
ForenamesHermann
HistoryHermann Crueger became apothecary in Trinidad 1841. In 1857 he became director and government botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago. Crueger collected plants in Jamaica, Trinidad and Venezuela, and was valued by Charles Darwin for his knowledge of floral biology. On his death he donated his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago, and sent samples to Berlin and Kew Gardens.
RulesInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
SourceVIAF: 5145376247983720181
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Crüger (accessed 08/11/2019).
Ray Desmond, DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (1994)
MR/724
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MCR/15/16/2Trinidad: Botanic Garden5 Dec 1857 - 24 Oct 1894
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