Havil.

George Darby Haviland

George Darby Haviland

British surgeon and naturalist

George Darby Haviland (1857–1901) was a British surgeon and naturalist. He was born at Warbleton, Sussex in England. He served as Director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore as well as being a medical officer in Sarawak and Curator of the Sarawak Museum in Kuching from 1891 to 1893. In 1895 he returned to England and worked at the Kew Herbarium in London before going to South Africa where he died in Natal.[1]

Plant species

Some plant species named for Haviland:

The standard author abbreviation Havil. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

His zoological author abbreviation is Haviland.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Haviland GD". www.nationaalherbarium.nl. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  2. [2]
    International Plant Names Index.  Havil.
  3. [3]
    "Australian Faunal Directory: Cryptotermes domesticus (Haviland, 1898)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 29 December 2021.


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