About Hermann Crüger
Lived 1818 – 1864 (aged 46). Hermann Crüger was a pharmacist, botanist, botanical collector and pharmazeut.
Hermann Crüger (11 February 1818, Hamburg – 28 February 1864, San Fernando) was a German pharmacist and botanist.
He was educated in pharmacy in Lüneburg and Hamburg prior to moving as a pharmacist to Trinidad in 1841. From 1857 until his death he served as a government botanist and director of the botanical garden in Port-of-Spain. He collected botanical specimens in Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba and Venezuela.
Crüger was considered an important source of information for Charles Darwin on aspects of floral biology. In 1863 Darwin wrote to Crüger in regards to orchids, also inquiring him about the fecundation of certain species from the family Melastomataceae. He is the taxonomic authority of the flowering plant genus Montrichardia (family Araceae).
Published works "Outline of the Flora of Trinidad" (1858).
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Who was Hermann Crüger?
botanist (1818-1864)
When was Hermann Crüger born?
Hermann Crüger was born on 11 February 1818 in Hamburg.
When did Hermann Crüger die?
Hermann Crüger died on 28 February 1864 in San Fernando.
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Hermann Crüger was a pharmacist, botanist, botanical collector and pharmazeut.
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