Benedikt Roezl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benedikt Roezl

Czech traveller, writer and gardener

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1823

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

Date of Death: 14-Oct-1885

Profession: writer, gardener, botanist, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Benedikt Roezl (13 August 1824, Horomeritz (Bohemia, Austrian Empire) – 14 October 1885, Prague) was a traveller, gardener and botanist (sometimes Benedict or Benito Roezl as called by the Indians).
Probably the most famous collector of orchids of his time. Despite the loss of a hand (in an accident in Cuba), Roezl travelled the world and discovered more than 800 species of orchid, with more than forty named in his honour.Roezl was also the founder of the Czech botanical magazine, Flora, in 1880.
There is a statue (depicting him holding an orchid with a Native American kneeling beside him) of Roezl in Prague, located on the southern end of Charles Square.