About Georg Hermann Zschacke
Lived 1867 – 1937 (aged 70). Georg Hermann Zschacke was a botanist and lichenologist.
Georg Hermann Zschacke (27 May 1867–19 September 1937) was a German teacher and lichenologist. His specialty was the lichen family Verrucariaceae, about which he wrote many publications.
Biography Zschake was born in Köthen on 27 May 1867. As a student he showed interest in the natural sciences, and started collecting specimens for his herbarium. From 1885 on he focussed his attention to cryptogams, i.e., lichens and mosses. In 1892 Zschake became a secondary school teacher (for mathematics and natural sciences) in Hecklingen and from 1898 in Bernburg.
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Who was Georg Hermann Zschacke?
German botanist (1867–1937)
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Georg Hermann Zschacke was born on 27 May 1867 in Köthen.
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Georg Hermann Zschacke died on 19 September 1937 in Bernburg.
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Georg Hermann Zschacke was a botanist and lichenologist.
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Georg Hermann Zschacke's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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