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Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
1808 – 1880
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryWilhelm Philippe Schimper was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace. He was the father of botanist Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901), and a cousin to naturalist Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–1867) and botanist Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878).
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 12, 1808
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel
Date of death
March 20, 1880
Strasbourg
Citizenship
German Empire · France
Occupations & fields
botanistpaleontologistlibrarianbryologistuniversity teacherbiologist
- Field and occupation
- Alsaský přírodovědec, biolog a zoolog, specialista na paleozoologii, působící též v Německu, ředitelem Musée d'histoire naturelle ve Štrasburgu, publikoval francouzsky, německy a latinsky.
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