Died 1862-02-03.
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Carl Ludwig Blume
Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist and entomologist who spent most of his professional life in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. As deputy director of agriculture at the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Java (1823–1826) and later director of the Rijksherbarium in Leiden, he conducted extensive studies of Southeast Asian flora, publishing numerous influe…
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science · German-Dutch botanist (1796–1862) · botanist · pteridologist · bryologist · university teacher · entomologist · mycologist · scientific illustrator · botanical collector · scientific collector · physician · also Carl Ludwig Blume, Blume, C.L. Blume, Karl Ludwig von Blume, Charles Ludwig Blume, Charles Ludwig de Blume
Born 9 June 1796 · Died 3 February 1862 · Q76816
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1855· 2 entries
And his legacy is commemorated in the botanical journal Blumea, which bears his name
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Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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1844· 1 entry
Sold his share of the venture to von Siebold and resigned as director the following year, having laid the groundwork for what would become a key institution in Dutch horticultural history
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1842· 1 entry
Helping to revitalise the country's reputation as a centre for botanical study and exotic plant cultivation
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1841· 1 entry
And Rodbard's withdrawal in 1843, Blume and von Siebold found themselves responsible not only for sourcing and cultivating rare specimens, but also for selling them to a growing network of Dutch growers at discounted rat
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1839· 1 entry
While serving as director of the Leiden Rijksherbarium (now part of Naturalis Biodiversity Center), Carl Ludwig Blume entered into a partnership with Philipp Franz von Siebold, the horticulturist Johannes Cornelis Rodbar
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1827· 1 entry
Became correspondent of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands
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1796· 1 entry
Born 1796-06-09.
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