Georg August Pritzel (2 September 1815,
Carolath – 14 June 1874) was a German librarian and
botanical writer.
He studied in
Breslau, graduating with a dissertation titled ''Anemonarum revisio''. In 1851 he began work as a ''Hülfsarbeiter'' at the royal library in Berlin, a post which eventually led to
curator duties. From 1855 onwards, he served as
archivist at the
Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Principal works
* ; first published in 1851, it contains literature from ancient times to his present. Research involved examination of 40,000 works in libraries at
Vienna,
Geneva, London, Paris and various German locations.
* ''Iconum Botanicarum index locupletissimus'' (1855-1866).
* ''Die deutschen Volksnamen der Pflanzen'' (1884); (The German common names of plants), 24,000 plant names given. Completed by botanist
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen (15 September 1821, in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig – 27 May 1889, in Berlin) was a German botanist.
He studied botany and natural sciences at the University of Kiel, where he obtained his doctorate in 1 ...
(1821–1889), after Pritzel's death in 1874.
The botanical genus ''
Pritzelago'' from the family
Brassicaceae was named after him by
Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist.
Biography
Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig.
An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866 he ...
(1843-1907).
Google Books
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
References
biography
@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language.
It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...
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1815 births
1874 deaths
People from Nowa Sól
19th-century German botanists
German librarians
German archivists