Leopold Kny
Carl Ignaz Leopold Kny (born July 6, 1841 in Breslau , † June 26, 1916 in Berlin ) was a Silesian-Prussian , German botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Kny ".
Life
Kny studied botany in Breslau, Munich (from 1860, with Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli ) and in Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1863. In Berlin he was particularly influenced by Alexander Braun . After completing his doctorate, he spent several years in Sicily and Madeira for health reasons and studied flora there. In 1867 he received his habilitation in Berlin. In 1873 he became an associate professor at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin and director of the newly founded Institute for Plant Physiology. From 1876 he also led microscopy courses at the Agricultural Training Institute in Berlin. In 1880 he became a professor of botany at the agricultural college there. In addition, he became head of the Botanical Institute at the University of Berlin in 1880 and a full professor at the university in 1908. According to the course catalog for the summer semester of 1881, he read at the Agricultural University on “ Experimental Physiology of Plants ” in connection with the offer “ Microscopic course for the more experienced, with special consideration for plant diseases ”.
At the age of almost 70, he asked for retirement on April 1, 1911.
He studied the morphology of cryptogams and mushrooms .
He wrote hand-colored botanical wall charts for teaching by Paul Parey Verlag from 1875 to 1911 (a total of 117 boards).
- Botanical blackboards
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In 1873 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Fonts
- Symbola ad Hepaticarum frondosarum evolutionis historiam, 1863
Web links
- Biography at the Scientific Collections of the Humboldt University Berlin
- The botanical wall panels by Leopold Kny, pdf
Individual evidence
- ↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 87 B No. 20075, fol. 130 r
- ↑ Cf. GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 31929, fol. 183 r
- ↑ Member entry of Leopold Kny at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on May 23, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kny, Leopold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kny, Carl Ignaz Leopold (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1916 |
| Place of death | Berlin |