Walther Wangerin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German botanist
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Place of Birth: Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Walther Wangerin
- Walther Wangerin (15 April 1884, in Giebichenstein, Halle an der Saale – 19 April 1938, in Danzig-Langfuhr) was a German botanist. He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Halle, receiving his doctorate in 1906.
- Following graduation, he worked as an assistant to Adolf Engler at the botanical garden in Berlin-Dahlem.
- In 1909 he became a schoolteacher in Burg bei Magdeburg, and from 1913 taught classes at the technical school in Danzig.
- In 1920 he was appointed divisional director at the Danzig Museum of Natural History and Prehistory.He made contributions regarding the plant families Alangiaceae, Cornaceae, Garryaceae and Nyssaceae in Engler's Das Pflanzenreich.
- The botanical genus Wangerinia (E.Franz, 1908; family Caryophyllaceae) is probably named after him, although etymological data is lacking.
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