Christian Georg Brügger (11 March 1833,

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– 16 October 1899) was a Swiss

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and naturalist. He studied natural sciences in

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and

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, afterwards spending several years as

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of the botanical museum at

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(1859–70). From 1870 to 1898, he taught classes in

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and

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at the Graubünden canton school.Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
biography He was the author of numerous articles on botany,

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, et al. — being published in the ''Jahresberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubünden''. As a

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he described many botanical species.

Selected works

* ''Beitrag zur rhätischen Laubmoosflora aus den Jahren 1851–1855'', (1861) – Contribution to the

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n moss flora from the years 1851 to 1855. * ''Beobachtungen über wildwachsende Pflanzenbastarde der Schweizer- und Nachbar-Floren'', 1878 – Observations on wild plant hybrids of Switzerland and neighboring regions. * ''Beitrage Zur Natur-Chronik Der Schweiz Insbesondere Der Rhatischen Alpen'', 1882 – Contributions to the natural history of Switzerland, in particular the

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. * ''Mittheilungen über neue und kritische Formen der Bündner-und Nachbar-Floren'', 1886 – Information on new and critical species of Graubünden and neighboring regions.Google Search
publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brugger, Christian Georg 1833 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Swiss botanists Swiss naturalists People from Plessur District