Julius von Flotow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julius von Flotow

German lichenologist

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1788

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1856

Profession: botanist, mycologist, lichenologist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Julius von Flotow; full name- Julius Christian Gottlieb Ulrich Gustav Georg Adam Ernst Friedrich von Flotow (March 9, 1788 – August 15, 1856) was a German military officer and a botanist specialized in lichenology and bryology. Von Flotow was born in the village of Pitzerwitz (Pstrowice in Polish) in the region of Neumark.
In 1813, he suffered a serious war injury at the Battle of Lützen, from which he never fully recovered and which led to a partial paralysis of his right arm.
During a military campaign in France (1819), he took the opportunity to study lichens native to the Ardennes Mountains.
In 1832 he took an early retirement from the military and worked as a private scholar in Hirschberg.
Among his written works are the following: Reisebericht über eine Excursion nach einem Theile des südöstlichen Riesengebirges (1836) Über Haematococcus Pluvialis (1844) Lichenes Florae Silesiae (1849-1850)Von Flotow was a member of several learned societies, notably the Leopoldina and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.
He was a recipient of the Iron Cross and was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Breslau in 1856, a week before his death.
The genus Flotovia from the botanical family Asteraceae is named in his honor.