Ethelbert Blatter [SEP] place of death
, Blatter had a bad fall from a horse, and the resulting injuries brought on a partial paralysis. From that point onwards, his health began to fail. In 1932. in recognition of his botanical work, Fr. Blatter received the first Johannes Bruehl Memorial Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for "Conspicuous Important contributions to the knowledge of Asiatic Botany."
Fr. Ethelbert Blatter died on 26 May 1934 at St. Vincent's High School, Pune.
See also.
- Bombay Natural History Society
an article on his experiences in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Kirtikar wrote a series on the poisonous plants of Bombay and was working on medicinal plants. His work on medicinal plants was however published only after his death through the work of his colleague Major Baman Das Basu (1867-1930) in 1918. A second edition was published in 1935 and this was largely rewritten by Ethelbert Blatter, J.F. Caius and K.S. Mhaskar.
External links.
- Scanned copy of "Indian Medicinal Plants" (1918