Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt
German botanist
About Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt
Lived 1803 – 1891 (aged 87–88). Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt was a German botanist, physician, university teacher, zoologist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt (30 January 1803, Göttingen – 1891) was a German botanist.
From 1819 he worked at "Hagenmarkt-Apotheke" (pharmacy) in Braunschweig, later studying medicine and sciences at the University of Göttingen. In 1826 he earned his medical doctorate, subsequently serving as a general practitioner in Göttingen. In 1831 he was appointed professor of zoology and botany by Karl Karmarsch (1803–1879) at the newly established Höhere Gewerbeschule in Hanover (today known as the Leibniz University Hannover). Here he taught classes until 1868.
He is known for his investigations of cacti, and the species Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is named in his honour.
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German botanist (1803-1891)
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Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt was born on 30 January 1803 in Göttingen.
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Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt died in 1891 in Hanover.
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Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt was a botanist, physician, university teacher, zoologist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt was German.
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