Notable Work
Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Haplomitrium Hookeri N. v. E.
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Carl Moritz Gottsche
1808-07-03 – 1892-09-28
Life & Legacy
Carl Moritz Gottsche (3 July 1808 – 28 September 1892) was a German physician and bryologist born in Altona. He was the father of geologist Carl Christian Gottsche (1859-1909).
Gottsche was a leading authority of Hepaticae. With Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858) and Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (1781-1851), he was author of Synopsis Hepaticarum (1844-47), which was a landmark work in the field of hepaticology. Together with Gottlob Ludwig Rabenhorst he issued and distributed no. 221 until no. 600 of the exsiccata series Hepaticae Europaeae. Die Lebermoose Europa's unter Mitwirkung mehrer namhafter Botaniker.
In 1881 he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Kiel.
The botanical genera of liverworts; Gottschea in the family Schistochilaceae is named after him, as well as Gottschelia, which is in the family Cephaloziellaceae.
Occupation & Career
botanist, bryologist, entomologist, physician, university teacher
Education
Kiel University
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Haplomitrium Hookeri N. v. E.
Legacy Highlights
Organizations & Memberships
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Notable Work
Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Haplomitrium Hookeri N. v. E.
Education & Institutions
Kiel University
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Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q115257 — wikidata View source
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