About Gyula Gáyer
Lived 1883 – 1932 (aged 49). Gyula Gáyer was a Hungarian botanist, jurist and lawyer.
Gyula Gáyer (16 February 1883, in Kiscell, Hungary, Austria-Hungary – 13 June 1932, in Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian botanist, lawyer, and judge.
His early education was at Celldömölk. At the age of ten, Gáyer came to Szombathely, where he became a pupil of the Premonstratensian grammar school. He finished high school in Budapest. From 1904, he continued his studies at the university in Cluj-Napoca, where he was called to the bar in 1907. From 1914 onward he was a judge.
Botanical work He described several species and subspecies, including several subspecies of Aconitum napellus.
Several plants bear his name:
(Euphorbiaceae) Tithymalus × gayeri (Boros & Soó) Holub (Rhamnaceae) Rhamnus × gayeri ex Soó
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Who was Gyula Gáyer?
botanist (1883-1932)
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Gyula Gáyer was born on 16 February 1883 in Celldömölk.
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Gyula Gáyer died on 13 June 1932 in Szombathely.
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Gyula Gáyer was a botanist, jurist and lawyer.
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Gyula Gáyer was Hungarian.
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