奥古斯丁.亨利Augustine Henry

奥古斯丁.亨利(Augustine Henry, M.A., F.L.S. ,1857年7月2日—1930年3月23日))是一名爱尔兰植物学家,1881年来到中国。1900年底以前,他先后在上海、湖北宜昌、海南、台湾高雄、云南蒙自和思茅海关工作,中文名字叫韩尔礼。韩尔礼于1881年至1900年在中国海关工作期间,他共采集了158000份植物标本。其中1882年4月至 1889年2月期间,韩尔礼在宜昌海关担任助理医官,并兼任海关税务助理。在这个期间,韩尔礼利用闲暇时间在宜昌及其周边地区采集植物标本,他在宜昌采集了不少于7948个编号植物标本,涉及2500个种类。根据植物学家威廉·博廷·赫姆斯利(William Botting Hemsley)于1896年10月的统计,韩尔礼在宜昌采集的植物中,包含有500个新种和25个新属。通过韩尔礼坚持不懈地努力,他在中国所采集的植物标本对于认知“中国植物区系”做出了极其重大的贡献,使其成为早期中国植物区系的先驱。

Augustine Henry, an Irish botanist, arrived in China in 1881. Before the end of 1900, he successively worked at the customs in Shanghai, Yichang (Hubei Province), Hainan, Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Mengzi and Simao (Yunnan Province). He adopted the Chinese name Han Erli.During his time working at the Chinese customs from 1881 to 1900, he collected a total of 158,000 plant specimens. From April 1882 to February 1889, Han Erli served as an assistant medical officer at the Yichang Customs and concurrently as an assistant in customs duties. During this period, he utilized his leisure time to collect plant specimens in Yichang and its surrounding areas. In Yichang, he collected no less than 7,948 numbered plant specimens, covering 2,500 species. According to the statistics by botanist William Botting Hemsley in October 1896, among the plants Han Erli collected in Yichang, there were 500 new species and 25 new genera.Through Han Erli’s persistent efforts, the plant specimens he collected in China have made an extremely significant contribution to the understanding of the “Chinese flora”, establishing him as a pioneer of the early Chinese flora.