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Benjamin Clemens Stone | |
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| Born | (1933-07-26)July 26, 1933 Shanghai China |
| Died | March 19, 1994(1994-03-19) (aged 60) Manila, Philippines |
| Education | Pomona College University of Hawaii |
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| Author abbrev. (botany) | The standardauthor abbreviationB.C.Stone is used to indicate this person as the author whenciting abotanical name.[1] |
Benjamin Clemens Masterman Stone (July 26, 1933,Shanghai, China – March 19, 1994,Manila, Philippines) was aBritish–Americanbotanist.
Stone was born in Shanghai, China to a British father, who worked for the government, and an American mother. He graduated fromPomona College inClaremont, California and, in 1960, received aPh.D. from theUniversity of Hawaii.
Between 1961 and 1965, he was a faculty biologist at theUniversity of Guam, where he started anherbarium, founded the journalMicronesica, and started collecting plant specimens which would form the basis of his bookFlora of Guam.
He was a professor of botany at theUniversity of Malaya inKuala Lumpur from 1965 to 1984, during which time he helped to advance the KLU herbarium and the university'sRimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens.
Stone became the Botany Department Chair of thePhiladelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and participated actively in its Flora of the Philippines Project. For this he spent time with theBishop Museum inHonolulu and, later, theBotanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) inFort Worth.
Stone travelled frequently to the Asian tropics and authored over 300 publications. He was especially noted for his skill in drawing botanical specimens. The pitcher plantNepenthes benstonei was named in his honour.[2] He died suddenly while working at the Philippine National Museum, aged 60.
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