Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur

Austrian botanist

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1799

Place of Birth: Kaliningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 27-May-1878

Profession: pharmacist, chemist, botanist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (February 18, 1799 – May 27, 1878) was a German-Austrian pharmacist and botanist born in Königsberg. He obtained his education in Königsberg and Berlin, later serving as a director of a chemical factory in Liesing (Vienna).
Following a stint as a school teacher in Kronstadt (1853–54), he worked as a private scientist in Vienna (1854–70), Brunn and Bielitz.Schur was author of the highly regarded Enumeratio plantarum Transsilvaniae, a work that was a result of nine years of botanical research in Transylvania.
Another noted work on Transylvanian flora of his was Sertum florae Transsilvaniae (1853).Taxa with the specific epithet of schurii commemorate his name.



Alternative names	dauthage adolf; adolf dauthage
Description	Austrian lithographer and painter
Date of birth/death	20 February 1825	3 June 1883
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Rustendorf, today part of Vienna
Work location	Vienna
Authority control	: Q361212 VIAF: 2735389 ISNI: 0000 0000 5519 9177 ULAN: 500357916 LCCN: n97874380 GND: 133233170 WorldCat