Henry Nicholas Ridley

Henry Nicholas Ridley
Born(1855-12-10)10 December 1855
West Harling, Norfolk
Died24 October 1956(1956-10-24) (aged 100)
Kew, London[3]
NationalityBritish
Known forRubber industry on the Malay Peninsula
AwardsLinnean Medal (1950)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsSingapore Botanic Gardens
Author abbrev. (botany)
The standard author abbreviation Ridl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS,[1] FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees in the Malay Peninsula that led to a level of rapid deforestation, instrumental in the 1926 Great Flood. For the fervour with which he pursued this work he came to be known as "Mad Ridley".

  1. ^ a b Salisbury, E. J. (1957). "Henry Nicholas Ridley 1855-1956". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3: 141–159. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0010. S2CID 72297309.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Ridl.
  3. ^ "Henry Nicholas Ridley | British botanist".