John Phillip Harison Acocks
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John Phillip Harison Acocks (7 April 1911 – 20 May 1979) was a South African botanist noted for his publication "Veld Types of South Africa" and his extensive botanical collection of some 28 000 specimens from South Africa and Namibia. In 1938, he was seconded to go on a joint collecting trip of four months with Swedish botanist Adolf Hjalmar Frederick Hafström between Cape Town and Victoria Falls.
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John Phillip Harison Acocks | |
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Born | (1911-04-07)7 April 1911 Cape Town, South Africa |
Died | 20 May 1979(1979-05-20) (aged 68) Middelburg, South Africa |
Nationality | South African |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
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