Heinrich Wendland

Botanist, Deceased Person

1791 – 1869

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Who was Heinrich Wendland?

Heinrich Ludolph Wendland was a botanist who authored a number of Acacia species.

Heinrich Wendland was born on 29 April 1791 into a family well known in botany. His father Johann had published a number of botanical books including the notable "Botanische Beobachtungen nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten". Heinrich studied in Göttingen after some years of apprenticeship in Vienna and London. He became a gartenmeister in 1827 and later was director of Herrenhausen Gardens at Herrenhausen, today part of Hanover. In 1820 he published "Commentatio de Acacias aphyllii", in which he authored a number of new Acacia species. He died in Teplice, Bohemia on 15 July 1869.

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Born
Apr 29, 1791
Hanover
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Lived in
  • Hanover
Died
Jul 15, 1869
Teplice

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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