Biography Henk C. Greven
Education
| Born, 20 December 1936 in Steenwijk, prov. of Overijssel, The Netherlands |
| Secondary school (1949-1953) |
| Pedagogical College Meppel, province of Drente (1954-1960) |
| Agriculture Act, Wageningen (1960-1962) |
| Horticulture Act, Wageningen. (1963-1964) |
| Biology, University Utrecht (1968-1973) |
| Thesis: “Changes in the Dutch Bryophyte Flora and Air Pollution” (1987-1992) |
| Defence thesis, University of Liège in Belgium. Judgment: “Avec la plus grande distinction” |
Career
| 1953 - 1954 | Labourer at “Cocosfabriek Nobelco” in Steenwijk |
| 1960 - 1961 | Military Service |
| 1961 - 1973 | Agriculture teacher in Maartensdijk, province of Utrecht |
| 1974 - 1975 | Teacher biology at the Pedagogical College in Utrecht |
| 1975 - 1987 | Research Coordinator for Nature Conservation, Directory of Nature Conservation, Ministry of Culture Recreation and Social Welfare in Rijswijk near The Hague |
| 1987 - 1998 | Bryologist at the Research Institute for Nature Conservation in Leersum and Wageningen |
| 1998 - 2010 | Part-time work for the province of Utrecht as senior-adviser for nature conservation with emphasis on management of Anomodonto-Isothecietum vegetations in ash-coppices. Besides, working on Grimmias of the World |
Grimmia fieldwork
| 2010 | : | Ethiopia - Bale Mountains; Spain - Caspe; France - Alps |
| 2009 | : | U.S.A. - Texas; Portugal - Tras-os-Montes e Alto Durou; Portugal - Madeira |
| 2008 | : | Africa - Madagascar; Germany - Eifel; Switzerland / Austria - Alps |
| 2007 | : | Tibet - Lhasa; Azores - Sao Miquel; France - Haut Alpes |
| 2006 | : | Portugal - Madeira; South Africa - Cape Town |
| 2005 | : | Bolivia - Andes; U.S.A. - Colorado; New Zealand - Northern Island |
| 2004 | : | Venezuela - Merida; Portugal - Madeira; Germany - Harz |
| 2002 | : | Spain - Andalusia; Canary Islands - La Palma |
| 2003 | : | India - Sikkim; U.S.A. - California; Spain - Malaga |
| 2001 | : | Greece - Crete; Hawaii Islands - Maui, Big Island; Spain - Caspe |
| 2000 | : | Nepal - Khumbu Valley; France - St. Martin en Vésubie; Turkey - Anatolia; Morocco - Haut Atlas |
| 1999 | : | France - Corsica; Bolivia and Peru - Andes; Scotland - Highlands; U.S.A. - California; Canary Islands - Tenerife |
| 1998 | : | Portugal - Madeira; Canada - Rocky Mountains.; France - Cantal |
| 1997 | : | New Zealand and Australia - Alps; France - Alps; Mexico - Volcanoes |
| 1996 | : | Canary Islands - Gran Canaria; Germany - Ahrtal; Scotland - Highlands; Switzerland - Grindelwald; Portugal - Madeira |
| 1995 | : | France - Vosges; Spain - Asturias; Norway - Dovrefjell |
| 1994 | : | France - Vosges; Spain - Mallorca; France - Corsica; Austria - Carinthia; Spain - Pyrenees; Africa - La Réunion; Finland - Helsinki |
| 1993 | : | Italy - Sardinia; Portugal - Serra da Estrela; England- Wales; Greece - Cyprus |
| 1992 | : | Portugal - Azores; Luxemburg - Petit Suisse; Slovakia - Tatra Mountains; Ireland - Kerry; France - Pyrenees; Germany - Harz |
| 1991 | : | Spain - Caspe; England - Cornwall; Austria - Oetztal; France -Vosges |
Publications:
About 50 papers (see References) and two books:
Grimmia Hedw. (Grimmiaceae, Musci) in Europe
Greven, H.C. 1995, 160 p., figs, 32 col. pls, hardbound,
ISBN 90-73348-38-2 | € 46,00
Grimmias of the World
Greven, H.C. 2003, 247 p., (93 pp with line drawings), 1 map,
hardbound + CD-ROM with 160 species illustrated in colour.
ISBN 90-5782-127-3 | € 72,-