William Burck

William Burck (4 February 1848 in Monnickendam, the Netherlands – 25 September 1910 in Leiden, the Netherlands)[1][2] was a Dutch botanist.[3] He obtained a doctorate from Leiden University in 1874. In 1881 he became Assistant Director of the then Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java. He collected a large number of plant specimens from locations including the Padang Highlands of western Sumatra. The genus Burckella is named for him.[3]

He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1885 and resigned in 1903. He was re-admitted as member in 1907.[1]

The standard author abbreviation Burck is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ a b William Burck (1848 - 1910) at the KNAW website
  2. ^ Bartelds, Biography in the Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek
  3. ^ a b "Burck, William". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Burck.