Maximilian (Max) Westermaier (6 May 1852, Kaufbeuren – 1 May 1903, Fribourg) was a German

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. He studied sciences at the University of Munich, where he was influenced by botanists Ludwig Radlkofer and

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. After graduation, he worked as an assistant to

Simon Schwendener Simon Schwendener (10 February 1829 – 27 May 1919) was a Swiss botanist who was a native of Buchs in the Canton of St. Gallen. In 1856 he received his doctorate at the University of Zurich, where afterwards he was an assistant to Carl Wilhelm ...

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, becoming privat-docent in 1879. In 1887 he relocated to

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as a temporary replacement for the late

Robert Caspary Johann Xaver Robert Caspary (29 January 1818 – 18 September 1887) was a German botanist. Caspary was born in Königsberg. He studied theology and philosophy at the University of Königsberg and was educated in sciences at the University of ...

(1818–1887). Beginning in 1890, he taught classes at the gymnasium in

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.Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
(biography) In 1896, with the support of

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, he became the first professor of botany at the

University of Fribourg The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius ...

, a position he maintained until his death in 1903. In 1898–99, he participated in a scientific expedition to

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, publishing ''Zur Entwickelung und Struktur einiger Pteridophyten aus Java'' ("Development and structure of some

pteridophyte A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that disperses spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden. Ferns, ...

s of Java", 1900) as a result of his research.WorldCat Search
(list of publications) In 1893 he published ''Kompendium der allgemeinen Botanik für Hochschulen'', a book that was later translated into English and published in 1896 as ''A compendium of general botany''. Other noted works by Westermaier are ''Zur Embryologie der Phanerogamen, insbesondere über die sogenannten Antipoden'' ("The

embryology Embryology (from Greek ἔμβρυον, ''embryon'', "the unborn, embryo"; and -λογία, '' -logia'') is the branch of animal biology that studies the prenatal development of gametes (sex cells), fertilization, and development of embryos and ...

phanerogam A spermatophyte (; ), also known as phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds, hence the alternative name seed plant. Spermatophytes are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. They inc ...

s, particularly in the so-called Antipodes", 1890). and ''Ueber gelenkartige einrichtungen an stammorganen'' (1901).OCLC Classify
Ueber gelenkartige einrichtungen an stammorganen

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Westermaier, Max 1852 births 1903 deaths 19th-century German botanists People from Kaufbeuren Academic staff of the University of Fribourg