Franz Ludwig Späth (25 February 1839 – 2 February 1913), was a German

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and fifth manager of the

Späth nursery The Späth (often spelt ''Spaeth'') family created one of the world's most notable plant nurseries of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The nursery had been founded in 1720 by Christoph Späth but removed to the erstwhile district of Baumschulen ...

from 1863, when his father Ludwig Späth (1793–1883) retired,Späth, L. (1930). ''Späth-Buch'' 1720 - 1930, Self-Verlag, Berlin. until his death, when the nursery passed to his own son

Hellmut Ludwig Späth Hellmut Ludwig Späth (4 December 1885 – 15 February 1945) was a German botanist and plant nursery owner, murdered by the Nazi party. His nursery is now Späth-Arboretum. Biography He was born 4 December 1885, the son of Franz and Wilhelmin ...

(1885–1945). With his father Ludwig, Franz was a co-founder of the German Pomologists Association in 1860, and was made an honorary member in 1903.

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19th-century German botanists Nurserymen 1839 births 1913 deaths {{Germany-botanist-stub