Hendrik van Rheede, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hendrik van Rheede

Dutch botanist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1637

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1691

Profession: botanist, explorer

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein (Amsterdam, 13 April 1636 – at sea, 15 December 1691) was a military man and a colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company and naturalist.
Between 1669 and 1676 he served as a governor of Dutch Malabar and employed twenty-five people on his book Hortus Malabaricus, describing 740 plants in the region.
As Lord of Mydrecht, he also played a role in the governance of the Cape colonies.
Many plants such as the vine Entada rheedii are named for him.