Philipp Maximilian Opiz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philipp Maximilian Opiz

Czech botanist and forester

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1787

Place of Birth: Čáslav, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 20-May-1858

Profession: botanist, mycologist, entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Philipp (Filip) Maximilian Opiz (5 June 1787 in Cáslav – 20 May 1858 in Prague) was a Czech-German forester and botanist. Beginning in 1805 he served as a cameral-beamter in his hometown of Cáslav, later working in Pardubice (from 1808) and Prague (from 1814).
In 1831 he became a Forstamtsconcipist (forestry official).He was the taxonomic authority of numerous plant species, and the creator of many sets of exsiccatae.
In 1830 Carl Borivoj Presl named the genus Opizia in his honor.