| Name | Becking, Rudolf Willem |
| Date of birth | 1922 |
| Date of death | 2009 |
| Remarks | "Rudi Becking, prominent botanist, forester and environmentalist, passed away on October 13, 2009 in Sandy, Utah. Rudolf W. Becking was born on October 19, 1922 in Indonesia, where his father, Dr. Johannes Hendrik Becking, was the Chief Forester of the Dutch West Indies Forest Service. Rudi planned to follow his father's career, but the Japanese invasion of Indonesia greatly altered his plans. As a prisoner of war, he constructed air fields throughout the war. He was in Singapore when the end of the war came. At that time, Rudi returned to the island of Java with a group of about three-hundred Dutch soldiers. Although outnumbered about ten to one, they managed, with one ship, to recapture Djakarta, the capital city." (vide Adolf Ceska). [collector note: CAS, GH, HSC, OSC, UC, US] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 136912 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/99b5f4c9-c875-4698-a94c-edb6d07f19d8 |
| Variant name | Rudi Willem Becking |
| Variant name | Rudolf Willem Becking |
| Author name | Becking |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Becking |
| Standard/Label Name | R. W. Becking |
| Full Name | Becking, Rudolf Willem |
| Geography Author | Indonesia, Netherlands, United States of America |
| Geography Collector | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Middle name & Death year from Adolf Ceska |
| Citation as Collector | Madrono 36: 209. 1989. |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by R. W. Becking |
| Collections in | 1952 (1), 1953 (7), 1984 (1), 1996 (1) |
| Collector Teams: | L. H. Pike & R. W. Becking |
| Author Teams: | L. H. Pike & R. W. Becking |
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