Benedictus Hubertus Danser

Benedictus Hubertus Danser ( born May 24, 1891 in Schiedam, † October 18, 1943 in Groningen ) was a Dutch botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Danser ".

Life

B. H. Danser was the son of Cornelis Danser and Josephina Jaeckers. After studying at the University of Amsterdam in 1921 he received his doctorate with a thesis Contribution à la systématique you Polygonum lapathifolium ( contribution to the systematics of Polygonum lapathifolium ). In the following years he worked as a teacher in Haarlem. In 1925 he was a research assistant in the herbarium and botanical garden Bogor in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia ) adjusted, where he remained until the end of 1929. Then he returned to the Netherlands and became an assistant in Groningen on. On June 18, 1930, he married in Amsterdam Emelia Paulina ( " Emmy " ) de Savornin Lohman ( 1898-1969 ). In 1931 he became associate professor in 1934 Associate Professor of Plant Systematics in Groningen. He specialized in the buckwheat family ( Polygonaceae ), pitcher plants ( Nepenthaceae ) and belt flower plants ( Loranthaceae ).

Ehrentaxon

The botanist Cornelis van Steenis named after him, the plant genus Dansera from the plant family of Caesalpiniaceae.