Dutch botanist (1903-1974).
Johannes Hendrikus Kern (1903–1974) was a Dutch botanist, with an international reputation as an expert on the Cyperaceae (the sedge family). Kern graduated from a secondary school in Nijmegen in 1922 with a diploma qualifying him as a teacher. He received further diplomas: in 1927 for head-teacher, in 1928 for French, and in 1933 for German. He was an elementary school teacher from 1922 to 1927 at Mill, and from 1927 to 1940 at Vlaardingen. He was a head-teacher from 1940 to 1942 at Dedemsvaart, from 1942 to 1946 at Gorinchem, and from 1946 to 1949 at Nijmegen. From his youth he studied botan