Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert

German botanist (1867–1897)

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1867

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1897

Profession: botanist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (12 August 1862 – 1 January 1897]]) was a German botanist. Taubert was born in Berlin, where he studied botany as a pupil of Ignatz Urban.
While a student, he collected plants in Cyrenaica (1887).
From 1889 to 1895 he was associated with the Botanical Museum in Berlin, working as a scientific assistant in 1893–95.
Afterwards, he embarked on a botanical expedition to Brazil, where he conducted botanical investigations in the states of Pernambuco, Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão and Amazonas.
He died in Manáos on 1 January 1897 (age 34).He was the taxonomic authority of many plant species.
In 1893 Karl Moritz Schumann named the plant genus Taubertia (family Menispermaceae) in his honor.