Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause

Life & Legacy

Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause (27 July 1859 in Stade – 1 June 1942 in Domjüch/Neustrelitz) was a German physician, botanist and mycologist.
He studied medicine and botany in Berlin, where in 1881 he received his medical doctorate. From 1882 to 1893 he served as a naval medical officer, and later spent several years as a physician to an infantry regiment. From 1904 to 1918, he gave lectures on plant systematics and phytogeography at the University of Strasbourg, and afterwards, relocated to the University of Rostock, where from 1921 to 1933, he was an associate professor of botany. From 1933 onward, he worked as a general practitioner in Rostock. In 1942, he was wounded during a bombing attack in Rostock.