> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 222](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264949) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964748) QID Q1964748 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Baas Becking, Laurens \[Lourens\] Gerhard Marinus (1895-1963), Dutch botanist, studied briefly at the Technical University of Delft, from 1919 studying biology at the University of Utrecht, assistant at the Department of general botany with F.A.F.C. Went 1918, first doctoral examination 1919, studied with T.H. Morgan in California 1919-1921, Dr. phil. Utrecht 1921, professor of botany at Stanford University 1921-1927, lecturing in the Netherlands 1927-1928, director of the Jacques Loeb Marine Laboratory in Pacific Grove 1928-1930, professor of general botany at the University of Leiden 1930-1940, travelled in Australia 1936, director of the Buitenzorg Botanical Garden 1946-1948, with the United Nations South Pacific Commission in Noumea (New Caledonia), ultimately living in Australia. **Abbreviated name**: *Baas Becking* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection L|L]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 96; IH 2: 47; Kew 1: 109. #### Biofile - Anon., Kew Bull. 1939(2): 100. 8 Apr 1939 (apptd. director Buitenzorg); Het Vaderland, 's Gravenhage 8 Jan 1963; Nature 198(4876): 134. 1963 (obit.). - Jacobs, M., Herman Johannes Lam 173. 1984 (brief sketch of life and work, portr.). - Kalkman, C. and P. Smit, eds., Blumea 25(1): 68. 1979. - Koningsberger, V.J., Memorie inzake de wetenschappelijke loopbaan en werkzaamheden van "B.B." 30 Oct 1940 (biogr.); Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. 1962-1963: 369-375. 1963 (obit., portr.); Nieuwe Rotterd. Courant 120(7). 19 Jan 1963 (obit.). - Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. univ. 35, 559. 1984. - Ruinen, J., Vakbl. Biol. 43(3): 41-47. 1963 (obit., reprint p. \[1\]-7). - Steenis, C.G.G.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 5: 125. 1949 (resigned as director of Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg \[Bogor\]; app. Director Research Pacific, Unesco), 8: 970. 1964 (notice on J. Ruinen 1963), 1103 (id. on Koningsberger 1963). - Westenberg, J., A bibliography of the publications of G.M. Baas Becking, Amsterdam 1977, 20 p. (incl. full list of biographical notes, p. 18-19). #### Composite works With H. Veendorp, *Hortus Academicus* Lugduno-Batavus 1587-1937, Haarlem (Typogr. Enschediana) Haarlem 1938, 218 p., see e.g. Kew Bull. 1939(2): 104. #### Manuscripts See M. Mozley, Guide to mss. records Australian Science 8. 1966; see also H.F. Linskens, Vakbl. Biol. 63(13): 230-232. 1983 (major manuscript, 10 copies distributed 1983 by Royal Acad. Sci., Netherlands). ### Publications ##### n.19.754. Botrychium **Title** The origin of the vascular structure in the genus *Botrychium*; with notes on the general anatomy... Utrecht (A. Oosthoek) 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1921, p. \[i\], \[333\]-372, *pl. 5-6.* *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Trav. bot. néerl. 18: 333-372, *pl. 5-6.* 1921. ##### n.19.755. s Lands plantentuin te Buitenzorg **Title** '*s Lands plantentuin te Buitenzorg*... s.l.n.d. \[1940\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lands Plantentuin Buitenzorg*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1940, p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: L. – Independent, undated brochure.