About August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel
Lived 1775 – 1813 (aged 38). August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel was a botanist and physician.
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775, Ernsbach near Öhringen – 1814, Wertheim am Main) was a German physician and botanist.
He was a student at the University of Jena, earning his medical doctorate in 1797. Later, he worked as a physician in the city of Wertheim am Main.
He described a number of plant species, and is the taxonomic authority of the genus Sciophila (family Liliaceae). The fern genus Wibelia (family Davalliaceae) was named in his honor by Johann Jakob Bernhardi.
Principal works Primitiae florae Werthemensis, 1799. Beyträge zur Beförderung der Pflanzenkunde: Ersten Bandes erste Abtheilung, 1800 - Contributions to the advancement of botany.
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Who was August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel?
German physician, botanist and mycologist (1775–1814)
When was August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel born?
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel was born on 1 August 1775 in Ernsbach.
When did August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel die?
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel died on 25 December 1813 in Wertheim.
What was August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel's occupation?
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel was a botanist and physician.
What nationality was August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel?
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel's recorded nationality: Confederation of the Rhine.
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