caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality field birth_date article_title name
joseph arnold 26 july 1818 sumatra beccles , suffolk 150px indonesia natural history 28 december 1782 joseph arnold
 joseph arnold
joseph arnold

joseph arnold -lrb- 28 december 1782 -- 26 july 1818 in padang , sumatra , netherlands east indies -lrb- indonesia -rrb- -rrb- was a naval surgeon and naturalist .
his specimen collection is in the museum of the linnean society .
born in beccles , suffolk , he learned surgery in edinburgh and received a diploma in 1807 .
1808-1815 he worked as a naval surgeon for the royal navy , including two trips to australia -lrb- 1809 with hms `` hindostan '' ; and in 1815 with hms `` northumberland '' -rrb- .
after 1815 he unsuccessfully tried to work as surgeon in sydney , and upon his return trip to england he was stranded in batavia .
in 1818 he worked with sir stamford raffles in sumatra , where he died .
the largest flowering plant , `` rafflesia arnoldii '' , was discovered by an indonesian guide working for him and later named in arnold 's honour .
