Richard Wettstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard Wettstein

Austrian botanist

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1863

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 10-Aug-1931

Profession: university teacher, botanist, mycologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Richard Wettstein

  • Richard Wettstein (30 June 1863 in Vienna – 10 August 1931 in Trins) was an Austrian botanist.
  • His taxonomic system, the Wettstein system was one of the earliest based on phyletic principles. Wettstein studied in Vienna, where he was a disciple of Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831-1898) and married his daughter Adele.
  • He was a professor at the University of Prague from 1892, and at the University of Vienna from 1899.
  • He newly laid out the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna.In 1901 he became president of the Vienna Zoological-Botanical Society (Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft), and during the same year took part in a scientific expedition to Brazil.
  • In 1919 he was appointed vice-president of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.
  • During his later years (1929–30), he traveled with his son, Friedrich, to eastern and southern Africa.The mycological genus Wettsteinina is named in his honor.
  • In 1905, he was co-president of the International Botanical Congress, held in Vienna.

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