Joseph Georg Beer

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Plate from Beer's work "Contributions to the morphology and biology of the orchid family"

Joseph Georg Beer , sometimes incorrectly quoted as Johann Georg Beer , (born July 3, 1803 in Vienna , † March 13, 1873 ibid) was an Austrian botanist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Beer ".

Beer inherited a fashion store in Vienna from his father, but left it to a friend in 1843 and turned to botany, in which he continued his autodidactic training (supported by Eduard Fenzl and Franz Unger ). He was imperial councilor in Vienna and an amateur botanist, known for his articles on orchids and bromeliads , which he also collected in South America. His first publication appeared in 1854 (on orchids). In the 1860s he was general secretary of the kuk Gartenbau-Gesellschaft in Vienna. His studies earned him recognition in Vienna and internationally. At his death he was a member of the commission for the large horticultural exhibition in Vienna.

He was one of the first botanists to study the seeds of orchids and to record their different shapes in drawings under the microscope.

He was a member of the Leopoldina and received the Imperial Austrian Golden Scholars Medal and the Royal Prussian Large Gold Medal of Science.

Fonts

  • Practical Studies in the Orchid Family, 1854
  • Contributions to the morphology and biology of the orchid family, Vienna 1863, Biodiversity Library
  • The Bromeliaceen family. Edited according to its habitual character with special consideration of Ananassa, Vienna 1857
  • Basics of fruit tree science 1872

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Book review by Barthlott, Orchid seed diversity - A scanning electron microscopy survey, 2014 , Deutsche Orchideen Gesellschaft
  2. ↑ Member entry by Joseph Georg Beer at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ According to the information on the title page of his orchid book from 1863
personal data
SURNAME Beer, Joseph Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beer, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1873
Place of death Vienna