About Oscar Kühnemann
Lived 1911 – 1999 (aged 87–88). Oscar Kühnemann was an Argentine botanist.
Oscar Kühnemann (22 December 1911 – 24 December 1999) was an Argentine botanist dedicated to the study of cryptogams and phycology. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958 for his research.
Career Kühnemann attended the University of Buenos Aires. He studied cryptogams under , and took part in several collection expeditions around Argentina. He performed research for his doctoral thesis while working at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum. He earned his doctorate from the university in 1938.
Awards and legacy He received the National Prize from the Commission of Culture for Biological Sciences in 1944.
Personal life Kühnemann had three children. He died in 1999.
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Argentine botanist (1911-1999)
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