Hans Solereder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Solereder

German botanist

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1860

Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1920

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hans Solereder (11 September 1860 Munich – 8 November 1920 Erlangen), was a German botanist and university professor. Solereder studied biology from 1880 at the University of Munich, under Radlkofer, and was awarded a PhD in 1885.
From 1886 to 1890 he was Assistant, and from 1888 tutor in the botany department's laboratory.
In 1890 he became curator of the Botanical Museum in Munich.
In 1899 he became associate professor and in 1901 Professor of Botany at the University of Erlangen, where he was also Director of the Botanical Gardens. Solereder undertook field trips to Texas, California and the Yellowstone National Park.
He edited the Dicotyledons according to the system devised by Radlkofer. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Soler.
when citing a botanical name.