Gualterio Looser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gualterio Looser

Chilean botanist

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1898

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1982

Profession: botanist, pteridologist

Nationality: Switzerland, Chile

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gualterio Looser Schallemberg (September 4, 1898, Santiago – July 22, 1982) was a Chilean botanist and engineer of Swiss parentage.
He owned a factory that made agricultural implements. In 1928 Looser joined the American Fern Society, and started to publish papers on the pteridophytes of Chile.
His herbarium containing ca.
8000 specimens was given to Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève.