Henry Fletcher Hance
Botanist, Author
1827 – 1886
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Who was Henry Fletcher Hance?
Henry Fletcher Hance was a British diplomat who devoted his spare time to the study of Chinese plants. Born in London, his first appointment was to Hong Kong in 1844; he later became vice-consul to Whampoa, consul to Canton, and finally consul to Xiamen, where he died in 1886. In 1873, Hance published a supplement to George Bentham's 1861 Flora Hongkongensis.
Hance is buried with his wife Charlotte in Hong Kong Cemetery.
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