Anton Sprengel
Anton Sprengel (born September 11, 1803 in Halle (Saale) , † 1850 fallen in Schleswig ) was a Prussian, German botanist and paleontologist . His botanical author abbreviation is " A.Spreng. "
Anton Sprengel was born in 1803 as the youngest of three sons of the botanist Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel and his wife Sophia Henriette Caroline, nee. Keferstein, born. His older brothers were Wilhelm (born 1792) and Gustav (born 1794).
Sprengel inherited his father's herbarium in Halle. His main areas of work were vascular spore plants , fossils and algae .
Publications (selection)
- Directory of Prof. Dr. Curt Sprengel, knight of several orders etc., inherited excellent library - from many subjects of the sciences, but especially from botany, medicine and natural science, whereby many and precious copper works, which the 8th July d. J. in the afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock uf T. in the on the ssen Berlin sub Nro. 334 occupied auction locale is to be publicly auctioned against payment in cash - please take the surrounding conditions into account , 1834
- Instructions for the knowledge of all wild phanerogamic plants in the area around Halle , 1848
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- Philip John Garnock-Jones: South Pacific Plants Named by KPJ Sprengel in 1807. In: Taxon. Vol. 35 (1986), H. 1, pp. 123-128 ( digitized from JSTOR ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christian Keferstein : Memories from the life of an old geognostic and ethnographer with news about the Keferstein family. Ed. Anton, Halle 1855, p. 7 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ A. Spreng. Author Query, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Retrieved May 22, 2013
- ^ Sprengel, Anton 1803-1851 . WorldCat Identities . Retrieved May 22, 2013
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| SURNAME | Sprengel, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1850 |
| Place of death | Schleswig |