Christian Leberecht von Prøck
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| Birth name | Christian Leberecht von Prøck |
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Christian Leberecht von Prøck (1718-1780) was a
Danish
baron.
He served as Governor-General of the Danish West Indies colonies from 1756–1766. In 1768, Pröck became a diocese commander over Iceland and the Faroe Islands
. He died on 4 September 1780 in Copenhagen.
[1] The plant genus Prockia is named after him.
Botany
In 1759,
Baill. published Prockiopsis, a genus of flowering plants from Madagascar, belonging to the family Achariaceae and both genera were named in Christian Leberecht von Prøck's honour.[3]
References
- ^ Carl Frederik Bricka. "Prøck, Christian Lebrecht Baron, 1718-80". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Prockia P.Browne ex L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Prockiopsis Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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