August Wilhelm Eichler

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August Wilhelm Eichler

August Wilhelm Eichler (born April 22, 1839 in Neukirchen , Kurhessen , † March 2, 1887 in Berlin ) was a German botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Eichler ".

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In 1869 Eichler was elected a member of the Leopoldina . On April 26, 1878, he took over the chair of botany at the University of Berlin and the management of the Royal Botanical Garden . In 1876 he received the Cothenius Medal of the Leopoldina. From 1880 he was a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and from 1884 a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . Eichler designed a system for classifying plants.

In 1885 Eichler was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

August Wilhelm Eichler died of leukemia in Berlin in 1887 at the age of 47 . He was buried in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.

Dedication names

In his honor the plant genera:

named.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the previous academies. August Wilhelm Eichler. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 18, 2015 (with short biography).
  2. ↑ Member entry by August Wilhelm Eichler (with a link to an obituary) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 31, 2017.
  3. ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1850–1899 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 24, 2015
  4. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 751.
  5. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Eichler, August Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Neukirchen , Hesse
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1887
Place of death Berlin