Johann Wilhelm Helfer
Johann Wilhelm Helfer also known as
Jan Vilém Helfer (February 5, 1810 in
Prague – January 30, 1840 in
Andaman Islands) was a
Bohemian
physician,
explorer and
naturalist. He died in the Andaman Islands, after the group he was in was attacked by natives with arrows. Many of the plants he collected went to Kew and nearly 140 species were named after him.
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