Ernst Küster (botanist)

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Monument to Ernst Küster in the Giessen Botanical Garden

Ernst Küster (born June 18, 1874 in Breslau , † July 6, 1953 in Gießen ) was a German botanist and cell researcher .

Life

The father, Ewald Küster, was an authorized signatory in a bank in Breslau. Ernst Küster attended the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in his hometown from 1883 . In 1893 he passed the school leaving examination there together with Friedrich Kayssler and Gotthard Fliegel . He then began studying natural sciences in Munich , and later in Leipzig and Breslau . Küster received his doctorate in Munich as Dr. phil. and completed his habilitation in Halle in 1899 with the thesis Contributions to the anatomy of the galls . From 1900 to 1909 he was an assistant at the Botanical Garden and the Botanical Institute of the University of Halle, where he dealt with embryological and pharmacological issues. In 1909 he received an associate's position at the University of Kiel , and in 1911 he moved to the University of Bonn in the same position . In 1920 the University of Giessen appointed him full professor and director of the Botanical Institute. In 1951 he retired .

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In his extensive scientific work, Küster dealt primarily with the study of plant cells and microorganisms . He examined plasmolytic processes and described the morphology of the protoplasm . He devoted several monographs to the chemical processes in plant cells . The experimental physiology of the plant cell and new formations on the plant body were contributions to the handbook of biological working methods. For many years he was co-editor of the journal for scientific microscopy . In 1903, Pathological Plant Anatomy appeared in its basics and in 1920 a textbook on botany for physicians was published . The second edition published in 1931 the contributions to the developmental anatomy of plants. Ernst Küster is considered the leading cell researcher of his time. He was accepted into the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina on April 10, 1917 ( matriculation number 3393 ) and was also a member of other European academies, for example in Austria, Italy and the Netherlands.

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SURNAME Sexton, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and cell researcher
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1953
Place of death to water