Oskar von Kirchner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oskar von Kirchner

German botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1851

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1925

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (15 September 1851, in Breslau – 25 April 1925, in Venice) was a German botanist and agronomist. He studied botany at the University of Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1873 with a dissertation on the botanical writings of Theophrastus.
After graduation, he worked as an assistant at the pomology institute of the agricultural academy in Proskau.
From 1881 to 1917 he was a professor of botany at the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim.The phycological genera Kirchneriella, Kirchneriellopsis and Kirchneriellosaccus commemorate his name.