Ludwig Karl Eduard Schneider (26 June 1809 in Sudenburg – 9 February 1889 in

Schönebeck Schönebeck (), officially Schönebeck (Elbe), is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. southeast of Magdeburg. For much of the twentieth century it was noted ...

) was a German politician and

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

, known for his studies of flora native to what is now called

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

. He studied law and natural sciences at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

, where one of his teachers was botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth. In 1844 he was elected mayor of

, and from 1860, worked as a city councilor in Berlin. From 1861 to 1866 he was a member of the ''Deutsche Fortschrittspartei'' ( German Progress Party) to the

Prussian House of Representatives The Prussian House of Representatives (german: Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus) was the lower chamber of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the upper house, the House of ...

. In this position he was a decided opponent of

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...

's policy. In 1870 he relocated to the town of Zerbst.Schneider, Ludwig Karl Eduard
In: Magdeburger Biographischen LexikonBHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1866, with Paul Friedrich August Ascherson and others, he founded a naturalist association known as the ''Aller-Vereins'' ("

Aller Aller may refer to: Places Rivers * Aller (Germany), a major river in North Germany *Aller (Asturian river), a river in Asturias, Spain *River Aller, a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England Inhabited places in the United Kingdom *Aller, Devo ...

Society"). In Zerbst he served as chairman of ''Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins'' ("Society of Natural Sciences").

Published works

* ''Wanderungen durch die Florengebiete Zerbst, Möckern, Burg, Burgstall, Calvörde, Wolmirstedt, Barby und Bernburg'', in: Abh. des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Magdeburg, H. 4, 1873, 1–12 – Excursions through the floral areas of Zerbst,

Möckern Möckern is a town in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated east of Magdeburg. The Battle of Möckern took place south of the town in 1813. History Möckern was originally called "Mokrianici" by the Slavs who s ...

Burg The German word Burg means castle. Burg or Bürg may refer to: Places Placename element * '' -burg'', a combining form in Dutch, German and English placenames * Burg, a variant of burh, the fortified towns of Saxon England Settlements * Burg, Aa ...

Burgstall A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed.

Calvörde Calvörde () is a municipality in the Börde district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Flechtingen. Geography Calvörde is situated approximately northwest of Haldensleben and northwest ...

, Wolmirstedt, Barby and Bernburg. * ''Wanderungen im Magdeburger Florengebiete im Jahre 1873'', H. 6, 1874, 1–18 – Excursions in the

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

floral areas in 1873. * Schul-Flora Tl. 1: ''Grundzüge der allgemeinen Botanik'', 1874 – Basics of general botany. * Schul-Flora Tl. 2: ''Beschreibung der Gefäßpflanzen des Florengebiets von Magdeburg, Bernburg und Zerbst, mit einer Übersicht der Boden- und Vegetationsverhältnisse'', 1877 – Description of

vascular plants Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They al ...

of the floral areas of Magdeburg, Bernburg and Zerbst, with an overview of the soil and vegetation conditions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Ludwig Karl Eduard 1809 births 1889 deaths Scientists from Magdeburg Humboldt University of Berlin alumni 19th-century German botanists Member of the Prussian National Assembly