Frank Kingdon-Ward

Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958), OBE, the son of a leading British research botanist and professor, graduated with honours from Cambridge in Natural Sciences. In 1911, he was engaged by a British horticultural firm to collect specimens in Yunnan, an assignment which began for Kingdon-Ward a lifelong career as a professional explorer and plant collector. In all Kingdon-Ward made a total of twenty-two expeditions, spanning a period of some forty-five years, in western China, northern Burma, Assam...See more

Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958), OBE, the son of a leading British research botanist and professor, graduated with honours from Cambridge in Natural Sciences. In 1911, he was engaged by a British horticultural firm to collect specimens in Yunnan, an assignment which began for Kingdon-Ward a lifelong career as a professional explorer and plant collector. In all Kingdon-Ward made a total of twenty-two expeditions, spanning a period of some forty-five years, in western China, northern Burma, Assam and south-eastern Tibet; much of this travel involved extreme hardship, and was undertaken at great risk to his health and personal safety See less