Frederik Christian "Fritz" Schübeler (25 September 1815 – 20 June 1892) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Fredriksstad as a son of Gregers Frederik Schübeler (1790–1856) and Louise Christine Engstrøm (1786–1846). He was married twice. An adopted daughter of his, Ingeborg Strengberg (1853–1918), married botanical gardener

Carl Theodor Schulz Carl Theodor Schulz (5 April 1835 – 16 August 1914) was a Norwegian gardener. He was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Christian Schulz, a tailor. In the 1850s the young Schulz worked at some market gardens in Berlin and its edge city Potsdam; ...

. He graduated from the university with the

cand.med. Candidate of Medicine ( la, candidatus medicinae (male), ''candidata medicinae'' (female), abbreviated cand. med.) is an academic degree awarded in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway following a six-year medical school education. Medical students in ...

degree in 1840. He had physician jobs at Rikshospitalet from 1841 to 1844 and in

Odalen Odal or Odalen is a valley and traditional district in Innlandet county, Norway. The district encompasses the area around the lake Storsjøen (Odal), Storsjøen in the north and to the areas around the river Glåma in the south. The district is c ...

and Lillesand between 1845 and 1847. He then studied botany and horticulture in Europe between 1848 and 1851 with a scholarship from the Royal Norwegian Society of Development. He was a curator at the Botanical Museum in Kristiania from 1852. He applied for the position as head gardener in 1857, but was rejected following resistance from professor Mathias Blytt. After the passing of Blytt, Schübeler was appointed as lecturer in botany in 1864, and professor in 1866. At the same time he became leader of the University Botanical Garden, a position he retained until 1892. His most important publications were ''Die Culturpflanzen Norwegens'' (1862), ''Die Pflanzenwelt Norwegens'' (1873–1875) and ''Viridarium Norvegicum'' (three volumes released between 1886 and 1889). Popular publications include ''Havebog for Almuen'' (1856). He is now regarded as an incomplete theoretician, with several faulty hypotheses, but with important practical contributions. He has therefore been called "the father of horticulture in Norway". He was a founding member of the

Norwegian Horticulture Society The Norwegian Horticultural Society ( no, Det norske hageselskap, often shortened to ''Hageselskapet'') is an interest organisation in Norway. It was established as ''Selskabet Havedyrkningens Venner'' in 1884. Its purpose is to promote gardening ...

in 1884, and became an honorary member already in 1885. He received an honorary degree at the University of Breslau in 1861 and was awarded the Royal Norwegian Society of Development's gold medal in 1865.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schubeler, Frederik 1815 births 1892 deaths 19th-century Norwegian physicians 19th-century Norwegian botanists Norwegian horticulturists Oslo University Hospital people Academic staff of the University of Oslo