Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German botanist
Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1803
Place of Birth: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1891
Profession: botanist
Nationality: German Empire
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt
- Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt (30 January 1803, Göttingen – 1891) was a German botanist. From 1819 he worked at "Hagenmarkt-Apotheke" (pharmacy) in Braunschweig, later studying medicine and sciences at the University of Göttingen.
- In 1826 he earned his medical doctorate, subsequently serving as a general practitioner in Göttingen.
- In 1831 he was appointed professor of zoology and botany by Karl Karmarsch (1803–1879) at the newly established Höhere Gewerbeschule in Hanover (today known as the Leibniz University Hannover).
- Here he taught classes until 1868. He is known for his investigations of cacti, and the species Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is named in his honour.
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