Eduardo Quisumbing (full name Eduardo Quisumbing y Arguelles) was a Phillipine scientist most know for his leading authority on plants in the region born in 1895 in Santa Cruz, Laguna.
He earned a BSA at the University of the Philippines in 1918, an MS at the same institution and a Ph.D. In Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Morphology at the University of Chicago in 1923.
He was attached to the College of Agriculture in U.P. From 1920-1926, and to the University of California between 1926-1928 before he was appointed Systematic Botanist. From 1934 he was Acting Chief of the Natural Museum Division of the Bureau of Science in Manilla, now Director of the National Museum. He was assigned to serve in the U.S. Navy in Guiuan at the southern tip of Samar, and during his time there made a great number of collection in the region.
He retired as the Director in November 1961, and in the following years was attached to the Araneta University for some years. In that time he undertook the task of restoring the institutes Herbarium which was destroyed during the war.
He was also the author of many taxonomic and morphological papers which dealt mainly with orchids. An example of one of these papers is 'Medicinal plants in the Philippines', which was published by 1951. The plant Saccolabium quisumbingii has been named after him and his work, and he received the Distinguished Service Star in 1954 for his outstanding contribution to the field of systematic botany.
Other awards he has received are the Diploma of Merit on Orchidology and Fellow Gold Medal, Malaysian Orchid Society (1966); Gold Medal, American Orchid Society and 1975 PhilAAS Most Outstanding Award.
He earned a BSA at the University of the Philippines in 1918, an MS at the same institution and a Ph.D. In Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Morphology at the University of Chicago in 1923.
He was attached to the College of Agriculture in U.P. From 1920-1926, and to the University of California between 1926-1928 before he was appointed Systematic Botanist. From 1934 he was Acting Chief of the Natural Museum Division of the Bureau of Science in Manilla, now Director of the National Museum. He was assigned to serve in the U.S. Navy in Guiuan at the southern tip of Samar, and during his time there made a great number of collection in the region.
He retired as the Director in November 1961, and in the following years was attached to the Araneta University for some years. In that time he undertook the task of restoring the institutes Herbarium which was destroyed during the war.
He was also the author of many taxonomic and morphological papers which dealt mainly with orchids. An example of one of these papers is 'Medicinal plants in the Philippines', which was published by 1951. The plant Saccolabium quisumbingii has been named after him and his work, and he received the Distinguished Service Star in 1954 for his outstanding contribution to the field of systematic botany.
Other awards he has received are the Diploma of Merit on Orchidology and Fellow Gold Medal, Malaysian Orchid Society (1966); Gold Medal, American Orchid Society and 1975 PhilAAS Most Outstanding Award.
