Alfred Hart Everett
1848–98
Naturalist. Went to Sarawak to collect natural history specimens in 1869. Entered the service of the Sarawak government in 1871; assistant resident of Rejang, 1872; later resident of Bintulu. Left government service and resumed exploration in 1875 or 1876, but his health failed. Later resident of the West Coast under the British North Borneo Company; consul for Sarawak at the court of the sultan of Brunei, and resident of Trusan, 1885; retired, 1890. Made entomological collections for Rajah Brooke of Sarawak and Baron Rothschild.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Steenis-Kruseman 1950
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.
Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. van. 1950. Malaysian plant collectors and collections, being a cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950. Vol. 1 of Flora Malesiana ser. 1. Jakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff N.V.
