Isaac Henry Burkill

Isaac Henry Burkill
Born	May 18, 1870(1870-05-18) near Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died	March 8, 1965(1965-03-08) Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Fields	Botany
Institutions	University of Cambridge Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Botanic Garden at Calcutta Botanic Gardens, Singapore
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Notable awards	Linnean Medal (1952)
Author abbreviation (botany)	I. H. Burkill

Isaac Henry Burkill (18 May 1870 – March 8, 1965) was an English botanist.

Educated at Repton School and Caius College, Cambridge,^[1] Burkill served as Assistant in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1897 to 1899. In 1912 he succeeded H. N. Ridley as Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. In 1935 he published his dictionary of economic products of Malaya, ten years after his retirement. This dictionary was reprinted in 1966, 1993 and 2002.

Burkill received the Linnean Medal in 1952.^[2]

Burkill's son, Humphrey Morrison Burkill, was also a distinguished botanist and also served as Director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1957-1969).^[3]

Awards and Distinctions

Honorary Fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology (and Conservation) 1963,

Notes and references

^ Isaac Henry Burkill in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ "Recipients of the Linnean Medal" (PDF). Linnean Society of London. Retrieved on 22 December 2008.
^ Short Biography of H.M. Burkill

I.H. Burkill (2002) A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula (2 Vols.), Ministry of Agriculture of Malaysia, ISBN 983-9863-34-7

External links

Isaac Henry Burkill at National Herbarium Nederland

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Name	Burkill, Isaac Henry
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Date of birth	May 18, 1870
Place of birth	near Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Date of death	March 8, 1965
Place of death	Leatherhead, Surrey, England