Carl Eduard Cramer (botanist)

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Carl Eduard Cramer , also Karl Eduard Cramer , (born March 4, 1831 in Zurich , † November 24, 1901 ibid) was a Swiss botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " CECramer ".

Life

From 1850 Cramer studied botany with Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli at the University of Zurich , followed Nägeli to the University of Freiburg in 1852 , where he received his doctorate in 1855. Also in 1855 he completed his habilitation in Zurich and in 1857 he became a lecturer and in 1861 professor of botany at the Polytechnic in Zurich, which he remained until his death. There he founded the Institute for Anatomy and Physiology and built up the agricultural school. From 1882 to 1893 he was director of the Botanical Garden in Zurich. From 1880 to 1883 he was also a full professor at the University of Zurich. On May 17, 1889 ( registration number 2836 ) he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

He was a long-time member of the Zurich Natural Research Society.

Cramer examined the development of individual plant cells over several generations of divisions using the example of the vegetation apex of algae. He called the field of research plant architecture . He also investigated deviations in the formation of plant organs , the cryptogam flora in Switzerland, and researched bacteriology.

In 1896 he published a biography of Nägeli.

Fonts

  • Educational deviations in some more important plant families and the morphological significance of the plant egg. Friedrich Schulthess , Zurich 1864 ( archive )
  • Petrified woods of the arctic zone. In: Oswald Heer : Flora fossilis arctica. The fossil flora of the polar countries includes the fossil plants discovered in North Greenland, Melville Island, Banksland, Mackenzie, Iceland and Spitsbergen . Friedrich Schulthess, Zurich 1868, pp. 167–180 ( archive )

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SURNAME Cramer, Carl Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cramer, Karl Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss botanist
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1901
Place of death Zurich