Henry Koster
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English coffee-grower, explorer, botanist and author (c. 1783/84 - 1820)
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Henry Koster was a male entrepreneur, writer, botanist, and travel writer. He was a member of the Royal Society and is recognized in the Royal Society collection. His field of work was botany, and he worked in Brazil.
Koster was born in Lisbon and died in Recife on May 15, 1820. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Portugal. His native language was Portuguese, which he also spoke and wrote.
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Vinony catalogs Henry Koster in its Fellows of the Royal Society collection (9,360 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 10 inbound references to Henry Koster, and connects out to Portugal, Portuguese and Lisbon.
Vinony files it under 1790s births, 1820 deaths and 19th-century British travel writers.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Place of death
- Recife
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Field of work
- botany
- Work location
- Brazil
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- member of
- Royal Society
- date of death
- 1820-05-15
- date of birth
- 1784-00-00
- Commons category
- Henry Koster (author)
- Commons Creator page
- Henry Koster (author)
- name in native language
- Henry Koster
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Henry Koster, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana