Cornelis Andries Backer | |
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Born | Oudenbosch, the Netherlands | 18 September 1874
Died | 22 February 1963 Heemstede, the Netherlands | (aged 88)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Flora of Java |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, plant systematics, pteridology |
Institutions | Leiden University, Rijksherbarium |
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Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963) was a Dutch botanist and pteridologist.[1][2][3][4][5] He was born on 18 September 1874 in Oudenbosch and died on 22 February 1963 at Heemstede, The Netherlands. He stayed thirty years in the Dutch East Indies and did research on plant taxonomy on the islands of Java and Madura.