Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp

Dutch botanist (1888–1986)

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1984

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888 in Dordrecht – 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist.He received his education at the University of Utrecht, and performed as a botanical researcher in Indonesia and South Africa.
In South Africa he collaborated with German botanist Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (1903-1977).
From 1924 to 1931 he was a professor at Transvaal University in Pretoria, where he conducted studies of the genus Pavetta.
During this time period he collected plants from northern Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Mozambique.
A portion of his career was spent at the herbarium in Utrecht, where he specialized in studies of Rubiaceae and Acanthaceae. The Acanthaceae genus Bremekampia and the Rutaceae species Toddaliopsis bremekampii are named in his honour.