About Frits Went
Lived 1863 – 1935 (aged 72). Frits Went was a Dutch botanist and university teacher.
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went (June 18, 1863 – July 24, 1935) was a Dutch botanist.
Went was born in Amsterdam. He was professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Utrecht. His eldest son was the Dutch botanist Frits Warmolt Went, who in 1927 as a graduate student worked on plant hormones, specifically the role of auxin in phototropism.
He became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1898.
Went died aged 72 in Wassenaar.
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Who was Frits Went?
Dutch botanist (1863-1935)
When was Frits Went born?
Frits Went was born on 18 June 1863 in Amsterdam.
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Frits Went died on 24 July 1935 in Wassenaar.
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Frits Went was a botanist and university teacher.
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Frits Went was Dutch.
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