Background
Berg, Cornelis Christiaan was born on July 2, 1934 in Bandung, Java, Indonesia. Son of Jacobus Antonius Theodorus and Hermina Hendrika (van Arum) Berg. arrived in Norway, 1985.
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The authors of this book present a synopsis of their knowledge about the figs and fig wasps of Africa and Madagascar. The biology of the intricate mutual relations, the taxonomy of Ficus in Africa and the taxonomy of the African fig wasps (especially the pollinators) are treated; an extensive bibliography is provided. It is the first time that the groups of organisms mentioned (plants and insects) are treated together in the same publication. It will provide a basis for all who study these groups, their ecological and evolutionary interrelations, and relations with other groups of associated organisms.
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Berg, Cornelis Christiaan was born on July 2, 1934 in Bandung, Java, Indonesia. Son of Jacobus Antonius Theodorus and Hermina Hendrika (van Arum) Berg. arrived in Norway, 1985.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1972.
He got his education in the Netherlands, where he went to the school of horticulture at Breda. From 1959 to 1966 he worked at some colleges and from 1960 to 1986 held several positions at the University of Utrecht. Later on he graduated from that university in 1962 and 1964 respectively with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1973.
A year before he published his first work, a thesis called Studies in Moraceae which was printed in the Flora Neotropica magazine.
On November 11, 1985 he became a director of the Norwegian Arboretum and the same day became professor of botany at the University of Bergen. On July 31, 2005 he left it and on September 1, 2005 he became professor emeritus at Bergen Museum.
From December 18, 2001 he also worked at the University of Leiden, where he stayed till his death in 2012. During his life he published 151 papers on Moraceae plant species.
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Married Maria Adriana Berg-Janse, August 25, 1961. Children: Hermina Hendrika, Hendrika, Atheunis, Francina Pieternella.