Genealogy Eijkman, De Winter, en anderen » Bernard de Winter (1924-2017)

Personal data Bernard de Winter 

  • He was born on July 31, 1924.
  • Profession: botanicus.
    Zuid-Afrikaanse botanicus die vanaf 1973 directeur was van het Botanical Research Institute, dat later het National Botanical Institute werd en vervolgens het South African National Biodiversity Institute.

    Van 1942 tot 1946 studeerde hij aan de Pretoria University en in 1947 kreeg hij een MSc. Na een periode les te hebben gegeven, trad hij toe tot de staf van het Nationaal Herbarium en werd in 1959 benoemd tot officier in de botanische survey en in 1963 adjunct-directeur. Zijn belangrijkste bijdragen aan de plantkunde zijn publicaties over Ebenaceae en Gramineae, met name het geslacht Eragrostis.

    Hij wordt herdacht in Kirkia dewinteri, Aloe dewinteri, Silene dewinteri en andere taxa. Het Pedaliaceae geslacht Dewinteria is naar hem vernoemd, met de enkele merkwaardige soort D. petrophila uit het Kaokoveld in Namibië.

    Zijn collectie van zo'n 9 500 exemplaren is ondergebracht in Pretoria met duplicaten in verschillende herbaria waaronder Kew en Windhoek. Ze werden verzameld tussen 1947 en 1975 op zijn eigen of samen met Willi Giess, D. S. Hardy, O. A. Leistner, W. Marais of J. Wiss. Zijn belangrijkste verzamelgebieden waren Pretoria en noordwaarts naar Messina, Kruger National Park, Namibië, Noordkaap, Okavango, Kaokoveld, Botswana, Matopos, Caprivi Strip.

    Bernard de Winter was samen met zijn vrouw Mayda en botanicus D.J.B Killick verantwoordelijk voor de publicatie van "Zesenzestig Transvaal Trees" in 1966 ter gelegenheid van het Zuid-Afrika's Republic Festival.
  • He died on May 8, 2017 in Pretoria,SA, he was 92 years old.
  • A child of Anthonie de Winter and Josephina Martina Lindeman
  • This information was last updated on April 7, 2021.

Household of Bernard de Winter

He is married to Mayda Dorris Henderson.

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    Historical events

    Birthday July 31, 1924

    • The temperature on July 31, 1924 was between 12.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
      • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
      • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
      • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
      • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
      • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
      • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

    Day of death May 8, 2017

    • The temperature on May 8, 2017 was between 4.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
      • March 22 » A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
      • May 27 » Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
      • June 14 » London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
      • July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
      • October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
      • December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.
    

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