peoplepill id: ferdinand-didrichsen
FD
Denmark
1 views today
1 views this week
Ferdinand Didrichsen
Danish botanist

Ferdinand Didrichsen

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Danish botanist
A.K.A.
Didr.
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Place of death
Kolkata, India
Age
72 years
Education
University of Copenhagen
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Ferdinand Didrichsen, in a photograph by Budtz Müller (1868).

Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (3 July 1814 in Copenhagen – 19 March 1887 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish botanist and physicist.

He participated as botanist in the first Galathea Expedition (1845—1847). In 1851 he began work as a librarian at the botanical gardens in Copenhagen. From 1856 to 1875 he was an associate professor of botany. In 1875, Didrichsen succeeded Anders Sandøe Ørsted as professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen and director of the botanic garden, whereby the already then much better known Eugen Warming was passed over. After Didrichsen's retirement in 1885, Warming succeeded him in both positions.

As a taxonomist, he described the botanical genera Mostuea, Myriogomphus, Pogonophyllum and Stenonia, as well as numerous plant species. Many of these findings were published in the Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. Taxa with the specific epithet of didrichsenii are named in his honor.

Publications

  • Plantas nonnullas musei Universitatis Hauniensis descripsit, 1854.
  • For hundrede Aar siden : smaa Samlinger til et Tidsrum af den danske Botaniks Historie : særskilt Aftryk af "Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift", 3. R. 6. B., 1869.
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Ferdinand Didrichsen is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
Ferdinand Didrichsen
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes