About Ludwig Diels
Lived 1874 – 1945 (aged 71). Ludwig Diels was a botanist, university teacher, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (24 September 1874 – 30 November 1945) was a German botanist.
Early life Diels was born in Hamburg, the son of the classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels. He grew up in Berlin. He studied botany and geography. In 1896 he completed his doctoral thesis on the vegetation of New Zealand. He then became an assistant to Adolf Engler and published several monographs with him.
History From 1900 to 1902 he travelled together with Ernst Georg Pritzel through South Africa, Java, Australia and New Zealand.
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Who was Ludwig Diels?
German botanist (1874–1945)
When was Ludwig Diels born?
Ludwig Diels was born on 24 September 1874 in Hamburg.
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Ludwig Diels died on 30 November 1945 in Berlin.
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Ludwig Diels was a botanist, university teacher, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Ludwig Diels's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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