Eduard Hackel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Hackel

Austrian botanist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1850

Place of Birth: Nový Bor, Liberec Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1926

Profession: botanist, explorer, agrostologist

Nationality: Austria, Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eduard Hackel (17 March 1850, Haida, Bohemia – 2 February 1926, Attersee, Upper Austria) was an Austrian botanist.
His father was a veterinarian in Haida (now Nový Bor) in Bohemia.
He was married and had one son. Hackel studied at the Polytechnical Institute in Vienna, and became substitute teacher at a high school in St.
Pölten in 1869.
He became full professor of natural history there upon obtaining his teaching certificate in 1871 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1900.