Heinrich Wydler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss botanist (1800-1883)
Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1800
Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 06-Dec-1883
Profession: botanist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Heinrich Wydler
- Heinrich Wydler was a Swiss botanist (24 April 1800, Zurich – 6 December 1883, Gernsbach.) He spent the years 1826-27 on a collecting expedition to the West Indies; worked at the St.
- Petersburg botanical garden in 1828-30; was curator (keeper) of the de Candolle botanical collections at the University of Geneva (G-DeC), 1830–4.
- He worked as a teacher in Geneva and Bern and after his marriage in 1840 settled in Strasbourg. The now defunct genus Wydleria DC.
- (Apiaceae) was named in his honor.
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