Charles Ferdinand Pahud | |
Office: | Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies |
Term Start: | 22 May 1856 |
Term End: | 2 September 1861 |
Predecessor: | Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist |
Successor: | Ludolph Anne Jan Wilt Sloet van de Beele |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1803 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Batavian Republic |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Charles Ferdinand Pahud (18 April 1803 – 31 August 1873) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in 1856–1861.[1]
Cinchona pahudiana, the variety of C. calisaya introduced to the Dutch East Indies for cultivation as a source of quinine, was named in his honor.