Carl Moritz Gottsche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Moritz Gottsche

German botanist

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1808

Place of Birth: Altona, Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1892

Profession: botanist, bryologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Carl Moritz Gottsche

  • Carl Moritz Gottsche (3 July 1808 – 28 September 1892) was a German physician and bryologist born in Altona.
  • He was the father of geologist Carl Christian Gottsche (1859-1909). Gottsche was a leading authority of Hepaticae.
  • With Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858) and Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (1781-1851), he was author of Synopsis Hepaticarum (1844-47), which was a landmark work in the field of hepaticology. In 1881 he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Kiel.The botanical genus Gottschea in the family Schistochilaceae is named after him.

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