Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde

Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde (30 June 1873, Breslau (now Wrocław) – 14 March 1942, Berlin-Dahlem) was a German botanist.

Biography alt=Pink memorial stone amid lush greenery, in the foreground there are light green leaves with scattered yellow flowers with four petals. On the memorial there are six names. Prof. Friedrich Fedde 1873–1942; Katharina Fedde 1879–1950; Friedrich Karl Fedde 1904–1946; Gertrud Fedde 1909–1979; Dr. Wolfdiether Fedde-Woymode 1912–1987; Ilse Fedde-Woymode 1914–(Obscured) Fedde studied natural sciences, commencing in 1892 and graduating in 1896 in Breslau. He was a teacher in schools of higher learning in Breslau, Tarnowitz and Berlin. He became an associate at the Berlin Botanical Museum in 1901 and a professor there in 1912. He participated in several collecting trips to the Mediterranean, Finland and South Russia. Fedde's main work dealt with plant systematics and biogeography. His renown rests mainly on the publication of the Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis and its Beihefte for longer monographs.

The genus Feddea (Asteraceae) Urb. was named in his honor.

Publications Extensive bibliography at WorldCat