Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee

Austrian botanist, traveller and doctor

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1831

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 25-May-1887

Profession: physician, naval surgeon, botanist, explorer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Heinrich Wawra Ritter von Fernsee, born Jindrich Blažej Vávra, (February 2, 1831 in Brno, Moravia – May 1881 in Baden bei Wien) was a Czech-Austrian ship surgeon, botanist and explorer.
The youngest of five sons of a miller, he studied medicine and botany at the University of Vienna from 1849 to 1855.
Upon graduating he joined the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Navy on December 6, 1855.
The commander of the fleet at this time was the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian.
Wawra von Fernsee retired from the navy in 1878 to work on his extensive collections. The plant genus Fernseea was named after him.