Carl Albert Weber (13 January 1856,

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– 11 September 1931,

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) was a German

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. He specialized in studies of original bog vegetation, the botanical composition of

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and on the developmental history of

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Biography

He studied under

Alexander Braun Alexander Carl Heinrich Braun (10 May 1805 – 29 March 1877) was a German botanist from Regensburg, Bavaria. His research centered on the morphology of plants. Biography He studied botany in Heidelberg, Paris and Munich. In 1833 he began teachi ...

at the

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and with

Julius von Sachs Julius von Sachs (; 2 October 1832 – 29 May 1897) was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia. He is considered the founder of experimental plant physiology and co-founder of modern water culture. Julius von Sachs and Wilhelm Knop a ...

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. After receiving his PhD in 1879, he worked as an assistant under

Anton de Bary Heinrich Anton de Bary (26 January 183119 January 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology). He is considered a founding father of plant pathology (phytopathology) as well as the fou ...

at the

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. From 1884 to 1894 he was a teacher at the agricultural institute in

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, followed by 30 years of research as a botanist at the ''Preußische Moor-Versuchsstation'' (Prussian Moor Research Station) in Bremen. In 1909 he obtained the title of professor. In retirement he remained active in peat bog research.

Selected works

* ''Ueber specifische Assimilationsenergie'', 1879 (dissertation) – On specific assimilation energy. * ''Leitfaden für den Unterricht in der Physik an Ackerbauschulen und landwirtschaftlichen Winterschulen'', 1898 – Guidelines for the teaching of

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at agricultural schools. * ''Über die vegetation und entstehung des hochmoors von Augstumal'', 1902 – On the vegetation and formation of the high moors of Augstumal. * ''Erläuterung zu den profilen eines nieder- und hochmoores mit ihrer ursprünglichen torfbildenden vegetation'', 1908 – On the profiles of low and high moors with its original peat-forming vegetation * ''Wiesen und weiden in den Weichselmarschen'', 1909 – Pastures in the

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marsh. * ''Der Aufbau, die Flora und das Alter des Tonlagers von Rabutz'', 1920 – The structure, the flora and the age of the Tonlagers of Rabutz. * "C.A. Weber and the raised bog of Augstumal" (in English, 2002).WorldCat Search
published works

References

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