Frederik Michael Liebmann (10 October 1813 – 29 October 1856) was a Danish botanist. Liebmann studied botany at the

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, although he never obtained a formal qualification. He went on study tours of Germany and

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before becoming lecturer at the Danish Royal Veterinary School in 1837. In 1840 he travelled to

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and

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; on his return in 1845 he was appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Copenhagen. He became Director of the university's Botanical Garden in 1852, a post he held until his death four years later. He was the editor of Flora Danica and issued fasc. 41-43 (1845–1852) and Supplement vol. 1, a total of 240 plates.

Legacy

Liebmann is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Mexican snake, ''

Chersodromus liebmanni ''Chersodromus liebmanni'', also known commonly as Liebmann's earth runner and ''la corredora de Liebmann'' in Mexican Spanish, www.reptile-database.org. is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is ...

''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Liebmann", p. 158).

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1813 births 1856 deaths 19th-century Danish botanists Botanists active in North America {{Denmark-botanist-stub