Pieter Baas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pieter Baas

Dutch botanist (born 1944)

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1944

Place of Birth: Wieringermeer, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: university teacher, botanist, wood anatomist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Pieter Baas

  • Pieter Baas (born 28 April 1944) is a Dutch botanist.
  • He is an emeritus professor of plant systematics at Leiden University.
  • He served as director of the Rijksherbarium of Leiden University between 1991 and 1999.
  • When the institute was faced with budget cuts in 1993 he managed to preserve the collection by joining it with the university collections of Wageningen and Utrecht.
  • This led to the founding of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in 1999.
  • Baas subsequently became director of the institute and served until 2005.
  • As a botanist Baas specializes in wood anatomy.

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