Karel Heyne | |
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| Born | (1877-08-30)30 August 1877 Amsterdam |
| Died | 11 November 1947(1947-11-11) (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Botanical handbookDe nuttige planten van Nederlansch-Indië (1913–1917)[1] |
| Awards | Officer in the Order of Oranje Nassau[1] |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | K.Heyne |
Karel Heyne (1877–1947) was a Dutchbotanist, known for his comprehensive handbook on the useful plants of theDutch East Indies (The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies); this was the first such handbook and became a standard reference.[2]
Towards the end of the 19th century he settled onJava in the formerDutch East Indies. In 1900, at the age of 23, he started working for theKoninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM). He married Wilhelmina Louise Visser (1871–1913) in 1903 and they had two sons, the first in 1905 and the second in 1906. In January 1906, Heyne was appointed chief curator of theMuseum voor Economische Botanie (Museum of Economic Botany) inBuitenzorg byMelchior Treub, the then director of's Lands Plantentuin in Buitenzorg. In January 1920 he married Ida van Oorschot (1875–1957). In 1926, Heyne resigned as curator and in April 1927 he repatriated to the Netherlands. He and his wife went to live inBennekom, where he bought a large house.
He added two greenhouses, one heated and one kept temperate. There he cultivated Indonesian plants till his death twenty years later. Heating the greenhouse made him rise at four, every night, to refill the coal-burning stove.
— De Wit 1994[1]
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