Casper van Overeem, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Casper van Overeem

Dutch mycologist

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1893

Place of Birth: Weesp, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1927

Profession: mycologist, lichenologist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Casper van Overeem (1 October 1893 – 27 February 1927) was a Dutch mycologist.
He was known for his studies on the fungal flora of Indonesia.
He received his PhD from the University of Zurich in 1920, with a dissertation titled Über Formen abweichender Chromosomenzahl bei Oenothera ("About forms differing in chromosome number in Oenothera").
Shortly after, he went to Bogor, where he worked as an assistant in the mycology herbarium.