Hermann Schacht (15 July 1814, in

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– 20 August 1864, in

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) was a German

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and

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, who specialized in the fields of

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and

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. Prior to 1847 he worked at pharmacies in

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, Emmerich,

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and Altona, where he worked closely with hepaticologist

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. In the meantime, he attended classes at the

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(1841–42), where from 1847 he served as assistant to

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.ADB:Schacht, Hermann
In:

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(ADB). Band 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, S. 482–486. In 1850 he obtained his PhD from Jena, and subsequently moved to Berlin, where in 1853–60 he worked as a university lecturer. Because of health problems he spent two years in

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(1855–57), conducting investigations of the island's flora during his convalescence. From 1860 to 1864 he was a professor of botany and director of the

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at the

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.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications In 1859

Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (6 November 1817, in Stralsund – 10 July 1908, in Zoppot) was a German botanist and geologist. Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844-56 the northern part of ...

named the plant genus '' Schachtia'' (family

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) in his honor.

Selected work

His book, ''Das Mikroskop und seine Anwendung insbesondere für Pflanzen-Anatomie und Physiologie'' (1851), was later translated into English and published a
''The microscope, and its application to vegetable anatomy and physiology''
(1855). His other noted written efforts include: * ''Entwicklungs-Geschichte des Pflanzen-Embryen'', 1850 – Developmental history of plant embryos. * ''Physiologische Botanik'', 1852 – Physiological botany. * ''Der Baum: Studien über Bau und Leben der höheren Gewächse'', 1853 – The tree: studies on the structure and life of higher plants. * ''Lehrbuch der Anatomie und Physiologie der Gewächse'', (2 volumes, 1856–59) – Textbook of plant anatomy and physiology. * ''Madeira und Tenerife mit ihrer Vegetation'', 1859 – Madeira and

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; their vegetation. * ''Die Spermatozoiden im Pflanzenreich'', 1864 – The spermatozoid in the plant kingdom.Madeira und Tenerife mit ihrer Vegetation
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schacht, Hermann 1813 births 1864 deaths Scientists from Hamburg University of Jena alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn Plant physiologists 19th-century German botanists