Rudolph Scheffer

Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (born 12 September 1844 in Spaarndam, Netherlands - died 1880 in Singaraja, West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)[1] was a Dutch botanist and director of Buitenzorg Botanical Garden.

His professor Miquel suggested Scheffer for the post of director of the botanical garden at Buitenzorg.

On March 20, Scheffer complete his doctor degree in mathematics and physics on the dissertation the Myrsinaceis Archipelagi Indici.

That same year he received a scholarship from the Dutch government to Kew Gardens in London and visit to Jardin des Plantes in Paris.

Following his graduation in 1868, travelled to Java in the Dutch East Indies and took the directorship of 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg (today: Bogor Botanical Garden).