Henry Nicholas Ridley
| Henry Nicholas Ridley |
| Born |
10 December 1855 |
| Died |
24 October 1956 |
| Nationality |
British |
| Fields |
botany |
| Known for |
rubber industry on the Malay peninsula |
Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist and geologist.
Born at West Harling Hall, Norfolk, England. Ridley was the first Scientific Director of the Singapore Botanic Gardens from 1888 to 1911.[1]
Ridley spent many years promoting rubber as a commercial product, and in 1895, discovered a means of tapping which did not seriously damage the rubber trees.[1] He was largely responsible for establishing the rubber industry on the Malay peninsula,[2] where he resided for twenty years before publishing, in 1930, a seminal and comprehensive work on plant dispersal. This work was the culmination of his own observations over several years, and a review of widely scattered literature on the subject.[3]
Ridley retired from Singapore in 1911 and resided in England for the remainder of his life.[1]
Publications
- . (1889-19-01), Botanical papers, Singapore: Royal Asiatic Society, Straits Branch
- . (1889), Report on the destruction of coco-nut palms by beetles, Singapore: the Government Printing Office
- . (July 1897), "Malay plant names", The Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (Royal Asiatic Society) 30: 32–120 [S.l.]
- ., The story of the rubber industry, with an appendix by L. Lewton-Brain, showing the growth of the rubber industry in Malaya from 1905 to 1912, London: Waterlow
- . (1907), Materials for a flora of the Malayan Peninsula, Singapore: the Methodist Pub. House
- . (1909), The Scitamineae of the Philippine Islands, Manila: Bureau of Printing
- . (1912), Spices, London: Macmilla
- . (1922-25), Flora of the Malay Peninsula, Vols 1-5, London: L. Reeve & co.
- . (1930), The Dispersal of Plants Throughout the World, Ashford, Kent: L. Reeve & Co
References
- ^ a b c Cornelius-Takahama, Vernon (29 March 2001), Sir Henry Nicholas Ridley, Singapore: National Library Board Singapore
- ^ Holttum, R.E. (January–February 1957), "Henry Nicholas Ridley, C. M. G., F. R. S. 1855-1956", Taxon (International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)) 6 (1): 1–6, JSTOR 1217861.
- ^ Book review (14 March 1931), "The Dispersal of Plants throughout the World", Nature 127 (3202): 399–400, doi:10.1038/127399a0
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
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10 December 1855 |
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24 October 1956 |
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