Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter

German botanist and zoologist

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1733

Place of Birth: Sulz am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1806

Profession: naturalist, zoologist, botanist, geneticist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter (27 April 1733 – 11 November 1806), also spelled Koelreuter or Kohlreuter, was a German botanist who pioneered the study of plant fertilization, hybridization and was the first to detect self-incompatibility.
He was an observer as well as a rigorous experimenter who used careful crossing experiments although he did not inquire into the nature of heritability.