Hermann Dingler (23 May 1846 – 30 December 1935) was a German physician and

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. He was a son-in-law of chemist Emil Erlenmeyer and the father of philosopher Hugo Dingler. Dingler was born in

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. He studied medicine at the universities of

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and

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, then participated in a botanical study trip to

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and

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. Afterwards, he spent a few years working as a military and railway physician in the Turkish service. In 1883 he obtained his

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at Munich, then from 1889 to 1910, he taught classes in botany at the Forestry University in Aschaffenburg.Dingler, Hermann
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, , S. 729. While an instructor at Aschaffenburg and afterwards, he conducted lengthy research trips to Asia Minor (1892),

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(1909),

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(1912) and the

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(1914). In 1907 he founded a district committee for nature conservation in western Lower Franconia — his main focus was towards the establishment of a reserve for oak trees in Spessart. From 1906 onward, he published several works associated with the genus ''

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'' (roses). He died in Aschaffenburg, aged 89.

Selected works

* ''Ueber das scheitelwachsthum des gymnospermenstammes'', 1882. * ''Die flachsprosse der phanerogamen, Vergleichend morphologisch-anatomische Studien'', 1885. * ''Die bewegung der pflanzlichen flugorgane; ein beitrag zur physiologie der passiven bewegungen im pflanzenreich'', 1889. * ''Ueber asymmetrie in der drüsenanordnung und rotfärbung bei den fiederblättchen mancher rosen'', 1906.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

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