Charles Baehni (21 August 1906 – 23 January 1964) was a Swiss botanist who made important contributions to scientific knowledge in the

botanical Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

field.

Biography

Professor Charles Baehni was born on 21 August 1906 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was educated at the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centu ...

, and was supervised by Professor

Robert Chodat Robert Hippolyte Chodat (4 June 1865, Moutier – 28 April 1934) was a Swiss botanist and phycologist who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva. He studied medicine and botany at Geneva, where he was l ...

where in 1932 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science. That same year he was appointed as an assistant at the

Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva The Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the city of Geneva () is a museum and an institution of the City of Geneva. Establishment and location It was founded in 1817 in a former area of ''Bastions Park'' in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candoll ...

. In 1934, he studied at the Botanical Garden of the Field Museum in Chicago, and while in the United States, he made many trips to various parts of the country and collected extensive botanical findings."Prof. Charles Baehni"
''Nature Journal'', April, 1964. Retrieved on 20 June 2014. In 1941, he was appointed conservator of the Botanical Garden in Geneva. He served as the Director of the Conservatory and Botanical Garden, in Geneva, Switzerland for twenty years."Le Professeur Charles BAEHNI (1907-1964) , BHL-Europe"
, ''BHL-Europe'', Jan., 1964. Retrieved on 19 June 2014. He wrote more than one hundred scientific papers and his main interest was in the

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

. He also contributed to a number of other botanical families including the Ulmaceae, Lacistemaceae, and Violaceae.

References

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