[Taxacom] Herbarium Schlagintweit: the case of the beheaded botanist

[John Grehan]

There's probably a book in that subject (if not already published) on the
untimely ends or timely escapes of naturalists. This story reminded me of
J.D. Hooker's fortunate temporary incarceration, and the less fortunate end
to Nickolai Romanoff who was murdered by the Bolsheviks (which came to my
attention with the moth Triodia mlokossevitschi (Romanoff, 1884). No doubt
there are many other such stories.

John Grehan

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Boggan, John <BOGGANJ at si.edu> wrote:

> While working with some specimens in the United States National Herbarium,
> I stumbled across the fascinating story of Adolphe Schlagintweit and wrote
> about it in my personal blog:
> http://dctropics.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-beheaded-botanist.html
>
> John Boggan
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