Franz Wilhelm Neger (2 June 1868, Nuremberg – 6 May 1923, Dresden) was a German

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and dendrologist. He studied

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and natural sciences at the University of Munich, where his influences included Adolf von Baeyer and

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. From 1893 he taught classes in natural sciences at the "German college" in

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, during which time, he conducted botanical and mycological research in the Andes and Patagonia as well as in areas in the vicinity of Concepción.Neger, Franz Wilhelm
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In 1897 he returned to Europe as a chemistry assistant at the industrial school in Munich. During the following year he taught classes in chemistry and sciences at a secondary school in Wunsiedel and edited his South American collections as the exsiccata series ''Uredineae Austro-americanae''. In 1899 Neger became a custodian at the botanical museum in Munich. In 1902 he received his

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under the sponsorship of

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and

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. Afterwards, he worked as a professor at the forest academies in Eisenach (from 1902) and Tharandt (1905–20), and in the meantime, took research trips to southern Spain (1907),

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(1909),

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(1911) and

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(several times). Between 1916 and 1921 Neger edited the exsiccata ''Forstschädliche Pilze herausgegeben von F.W. Neger, Tharandt''. In 1920 he was named director of the botanical institute and gardens at the polytechnic institute in Dresden. The mycological genera ''Negeriella'' ( Henn., 1897) and '' Mikronegeria'' ( Dietel, 1899) are named after him, as is the ambrosia fungus ''Wolfgangiella franznegeri'' (C. Mayers, T.C. Harr. & Roets, 2019).

Selected works

* ''Beiträge zur Biologie der Erysipheen'', 1901 – Contribution to the biology of '' Erysiphe''. * ''Die Handelspflanzen Deutschlands : ihre Verbreitung, wirtschaftliche Bedeutung und technische Verwendung'', 1904 – Commercial plants of Germany; distribution, economic importance and technical use. * ''Die Nadelhölzer (Koniferen) und übrigen Gymnospermen'', 1907 –

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(conifers) and other gymnosperms. * ''Chilenisch-patagonische Charakterpflanzen'', 1908 – Chilean-Patagonian plant characteristics. * ''Biologie der pflanzen auf experimenteller grundlage (bionomie)'', 1913 – Biology of plants on an experimental basis (

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). * ''Die Laubhölzer kurzgefaßte Beschreibung der in Mitteleuropa gedeihenden Laubbäume und Sträucher'', 1914 – Hardwoods summary and description of central European

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s and shrubs. * ''Die Krankheiten unserer Waldbäume und wichtigsten Gartengehölze'', 1919 – Diseases of forest trees and primary garden trees.Most widely held works by F. W Neger
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neger, Franz Wilhelm 1868 births 1923 deaths Scientists from Nuremberg Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni 19th-century German botanists German mycologists Dendrologists 20th-century German botanists