Wilhelm Detmer

Wilhelm Detmer (11 March 1850, in Hamburg – 12 December 1930, in Hamburg) was a German botanist, plant physiologist and agriculturalist.

In 1871 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Leipzig, later receiving his habilitation at the University of Jena, where in 1879 he became an associate professor. In 1904-05 he conducted scientific research in Java, publishing Botanische and landwirtschaftliche Studien auf Java (Botanical and agricultural studies on Java, 1907) as a result. In 1923, he was appointed professor of soil science, plant and seed physiology at Jena. Other noted works by Detmer include: Vergleichende Physiologie des Keimungsprocesses der Samen, 1880 - Comparative physiology on seed germination processes. Botanische Wanderungen in Brasilien, 1897 - Botanical excursions in Brazil.