About Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur
Lived 1799 – 1878 (aged 79). Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur was a German botanist, pharmacist, chemist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (February 18, 1799 – May 27, 1878) was a German-Austrian pharmacist and botanist born in Königsberg.
He obtained his education in Königsberg and Berlin, later serving as a director of a chemical factory in Liesing (Vienna). Following a stint as a school teacher in Kronstadt (1853–54), he worked as a private scientist in Vienna (1854–70), Brunn and Bielitz.
Schur was author of the highly regarded Enumeratio plantarum Transsilvaniae, a work that was a result of nine years of botanical research in Transylvania. Another noted work on Transylvanian flora of his was Sertum florae Transsilvaniae (1853).
Taxa with the specific epithet of schurii commemorate his name.
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Who was Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur?
Austrian botanist (1799-1878)
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Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur was born on 18 February 1799 in Königsberg.
When did Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur die?
Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur died on 27 May 1878 in Bielsko-Biała.
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Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur was a botanist, pharmacist, chemist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur was German.
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