Konrad Beckhaus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Konrad Beckhaus

German botanist and mycologist

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1821

Place of Birth: Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Aug-1890

Profession: botanist, mycologist, lichenologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Konrad Friedrich Ludwig Beckhaus (18 August 1821, Lingen – 13 August 1890, Höxter) was a German Protestant clergyman and botanist. He studied theology in Halle, Tübingen and Berlin, subsequently becoming a Hilfsprediger (curate) in the city of Höxter in 1847.
In 1851 he became a pastor at Sankt Kiliani church in Höxter and six years later was appointed superintendent of the Paderborn church district.He was the author of a popular book on the flora of Westphalia, titled Flora von Westfalen.
die in der Provinz Westfalen wild wachsenden Gefäss-Pflanzen, published posthumously in 1893.
Taxa with the specific epithet of beckhausii commemorate his name.