Carl Joseph Schröter

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Carl Joseph Schröter, c. 1920

Carl Joseph Schröter (19 December 1855 – 7 February 1939) was a Swiss

botanist born in Esslingen am Neckar
, Germany.

From 1874 he studied

natural sciences at Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule (ETH Zurich), where one of his early influences was geologist Albert Heim (1849–1937). Following his habilitation in 1878, he worked as an assistant to Carl Eduard Cramer (1831–1901). In 1883 he succeeded Oswald Heer (1809–1883) as professor of botany at ETH Zurich, a position he kept until 1926.[1][2]

Schröter was a pioneer in the fields of

synecology" to express relationships between plant communities and external influences.[3][4]

In 1910 with

forage crop cultivation and economics. It was later translated into English, and published with the title, "The best forage plants: fully described and figured with a complete account of their cultivation, economic value, impurities and adulterants, &c" (1889).[5] With geographer Johann Jakob Früh, he was co-author of a book on Swiss moorlands, titled Die Moore der Schweiz : mit Berücksichtigung der gesamten Moorfrage (1904).[6]

The standard author abbreviation Schröt. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

  1. ^ Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz (biography)
  2. ^ ETH-Bibliothek - ETH Zürich (biography)
  3. ^ Google Books Forestry Quarterly, Volume 14
  4. ^ Google Books New Scientist Jul 26, 1973
  5. Wikidata Q117270361
  6. ^ Most widely held works by Johann Jacob Früh WorldCat Identities
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Schröt.

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