Max Koch
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Maxwell "Max" Koch (17 July 1854 – 1 April 1925) was a German-born Australian botanical collector.
Biography
Born in
Koch visited Germany around 1902–1903, then returned to Australia, and in 1904 moved to the extreme south-west of Western Australia, where he spent the next 17 years working in the timber industry. By that time he had a large family, and he supplemented his income by plant specimens, and, in his later years, seed. He died at Pemberton, Western Australia in 1925.[1][2]
Legacy
During his lifetime, Koch very highly regarded by botanists, who considered him to be an outstanding botanical collector. In total his collections amount to about 820 species in South Australia and 2880 in Western Australia. These went to a range of botanists, herbaria, and botanic gardens, including
References
- ^ ISBN 0-643-00271-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-7316-8463-X.
Further reading
- Audas, J. W. (1929). "The botanical activities of Max Koch". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 15: 83–86.
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