Henry Fletcher Hance
1827–86
Diplomat and botanist. Stationed in Hong Kong, 1844; vice-consul, Whampoa, 1861–78; consul, Canton, 1878–81 and 1883; acting consul, Amoy, 1886. Published a supplement to George Bentham’s Flora Hongkongensis (1861) in 1873.
Source
R. Desmond 1994.
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
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