RH
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New Zealander botanist
A.K.A.
Helms, Richard Hehns, R. Helms, Rich. Helms
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
12 December 1842(Altona, Hamburg, Germany)
Death:
17 July 1914(Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
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Residences
Greymouth, Grey District, West Coast Region, New Zealand; Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson Region, New Zealand
The details
Biography
Richard Helms (12 December 1842 – 7 July 1914) was a German-born Australian naturalist whose work in botany, zoology, geology, and ethnology covered various parts of Australia and New Zealand. He arrived in Australia in 1858 and worked for a cousin in a Melbourne cigar shop. He travelled to Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1862 and in 1876 began practicing as a dentist in Nelson, New Zealand. He married in 1879 and opened a watchmaking business in Greymouth. The standard author abbreviation Helms is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.