Fritz Hamer
Fritz Hamer | |
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Born | 1912 Botanist, teacher |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Hamer |
Fritz Hamer (22 November 1912,
Biography
Hamer received a business education and was employed by a Dutch export company. In 1937 the company sent him to Venezuela; and in 1938 to Guatemala, where he joined World War II. In 1942 he returned to Germany and served in the army during the Russian campaign. In 1948, at the end of the war, he returned to Guatemala and established himself in El Salvador, where he created a company to import and distribute machinery and equipment.
His interest in
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He was married to Hedwig Pfister for 42 years, to whom he dedicated one of the species he discovered: Maxillaria hedwigae (Hamer & Dodson). He had three children, one of whom died in El Salvador in 2003. That tragedy clouded the last months of his life, and he died in Sarasota, Florida, on 13 January 2004.
Honours
Eponymy
- Beloglottis hameri (Garay)
- Pelexia hameri (Garay)
- Ponthieva hameri (Dressler)
See also
References
- ^ "Hamer, Fritz". Index of Botanists. Harvard University.
- JSTOR 41760467.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Hamer.
External links
Data related to Fritz Hamer at Wikispecies