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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
1794 – 1868
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he traveled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. In 1840 he became the founding editor of Flora Brasiliensis, a comprehensive flora of Brazil, which was not completed until 1906, 62 years after his death.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 17, 1794
Erlangen
Date of death
December 13, 1868
Munich
Citizenship
Kingdom of Bavaria
Occupations & fields
explorerpteridologistbotanistuniversity teachermycologistphysician
Awards & honours
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtForeign Member of the Royal SocietyFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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