Karl Koch (botanist)
Karl Heinrich Emil Koch | |
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| Born | 6 June 1809 Ettersburg, Germany |
| Died | 25 May 1879 (aged 69) Berlin, Germany |
Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (6 June 1809 – 25 May 1879) was a German
botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey. Most of his collections have today been lost.[citation needed
] He is also known as the first professional horticultural officer in Germany.
Biography
He was born in
Great Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus Mountains,[1] was his "Wanderungen im Oriente, während der Jahre 1843 und 1844"
(1846).
After his second journey, he settled at the
Berlin botanical gardens beginning in 1849. He became general secretary of the Berlin Horticultural Society (Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbau, a Prussian state institution),[1] in which capacity he published "Wochenschrift für Gartnerei und Pflanzenkunde"
(1858–72). In 1859, he was appointed professor of the Agricultural High School in Berlin. He died in Berlin.
Writings
Besides the travel book already mentioned, Koch wrote "Reise durch Russland nach dem kaukasischen Isthmus" (Trip through Russia and the Caucasian isthmus, Stuttgart, 1842–43), "Fährtenabdrücke im bunten Sandstein" (with Ernst Erhard Schmid, 1841),[3] "Hortus dendrologicus" (Berlin, 1853–54), "Dendrologie" (Erlangen, 1869–72), and other works.
Notes
- ^ a b ADB:Koch, Karl In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, S. 395–398.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. K.Koch.
- ^ Schmid, Ernst Erhard at Neue Deutsche Biographie
References
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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