> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 21](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068263) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3573-1) LSID 3573-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2489137) QID Q2489137 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hall, Herman van (1830-1890), Dutch botanist and botanical lexicographer; son of H. C. van Hall; curator at the Rijksherbarium; from 1866 high school teacher at Middelburg. **Abbreviated name**: *H. Hall* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.Hall*\] #### Herbarium and types Not traced. Some material possibly at [[Collection L|L]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 651; Barnhart 2: 114; Jackson p. 441; JW 1: 443, 5: 241; MW p. 149 Andreas, C. H., In en om een botanische tuin. Hortus Groningianus 155. 1976. - Stafleu, F. A., Wentia 16: 13-14. 1966; Taxon 20(5/6): 802. 1971. ### Publications ##### n.2292. Observationes de Zingiberaceis **Title** Dissertatio botanica inauguralis continens *Observationes de Zingiberaceis*, quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici Frederici Kaiser,... et nobilissimae facultatis disciplinarum mathematicarum et physicarum decreto, pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in mathesi et philosophia naturali honoribus ac privilegiis, in Academia Lugduno-Batava rite et legitime consequendis defendet Hermannus van Hall, Groninganus. Ad diem xv m. januarii mdccclviii, hora xii. Lugduni Batavorum \[Leiden\] (Apud E. J. Brill. Academiae Typographum) s.d. \[1858\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. Zingib.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Jan 1858, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-54, \[1-3, theses\], *pl. 1-2* (by A. J. Wendel). *Copies*: L (Inst. Hist. Sci.), NY. *Trade issue*: 1858, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-54, *pl. 1-2* (id.). *Copy*: USDA. "Observationes de Zingiberaceis. Auctore Dr. Hermanno van Hall. Lugduni-Batavorum, apud E. J. Brill,... 1858." *Ref*.: BM 2: 771 and PR 3708 (in both attributed erroneously to the defendant's father, H. C. van Hall, 1801-1874). - Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 5: 139-140. Mai-Jun 1858 (imprint translated as "Liège"). - Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von, Bot. Zeit. 20: 174. 30 Mai 1862. ##### n.2293. De Kruidtuin **Title** *De Kruidtuin* van's Rijks Hoogere Burgerschool te Middelburg. Systematische lijst van planten met verklaring en vertaling, alsmede opgave van hare Nederlandsche namen. Middelburg (H. A. Boudewijnse) 1871. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Kruidtuin*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1871, p. \[1\]-400, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: L, Prov. Bibl. Zeeland. – Important as a botanical dictionary with many notes on derivation of names, biographical details on botanists and historical notes on cultivated plants. Forerunner of Gerth van Wijk and Backer's botanical dictionaries.