Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt

German botanist

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1903

Place of Birth: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1977

Profession: botanist

Nationality: Germany, South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (28 February 1903, Schmie, Baden-Württemberg – 21 February 1977, Pretoria) was a German botanist. In 1904 he moved with his parents to Pretoria, where he later studied at Transvaal University.
From 1922 to 1924 he was a student at the University of Bonn (1922–24), later becoming a professor in Pretoria.
From 1940 to 1964 he served as inspector of the Botanical Garden at the University of Göttingen.During his career he collected plants in Transvaal, South-West Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Natal.
The plant species Gasteria schweickerdtiana is named after him. The H.G.W.J Schweickerdt Herbarium (PRU) at the University of Pretoria is named in his honour.