Schimper, Andreas Franz Wilhelm

Born May 12, 1856, in Strasbourg; died Sept. 9,1901, in Basel. German botanist.

Schimper, the son of W. P. Schimper, graduated from the University of Strasbourg in 1878. He became a professor at the University of Bonn in 1886 and at the University of Basel in 1898. He traveled frequently to study tropical plants. Schimper substantiated and developed the ecological-physiological school in plant geography and distinguished five types of vegetation based on the interrelation of physiology and geography. He elucidated the genetic links between various types of plastids and studied the formation of starch grains.

WORKS

Pflanzengeographie auf physiologischer Grundlage, 3rd ed., vols. 1–2. Jena,1935.

REFERENCE

Schenk, H. “A. F. Wilhelm Schimper.” Berichte der Deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, 1901, vol. 19, issue 1. (Contains bibliography.)

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释义	Schimper, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Born May 12, 1856, in Strasbourg; died Sept. 9,1901, in Basel. German botanist. Schimper, the son of W. P. Schimper, graduated from the University of Strasbourg in 1878. He became a professor at the University of Bonn in 1886 and at the University of Basel in 1898. He traveled frequently to study tropical plants. Schimper substantiated and developed the ecological-physiological school in plant geography and distinguished five types of vegetation based on the interrelation of physiology and geography. He elucidated the genetic links between various types of plastids and studied the formation of starch grains. WORKS Pflanzengeographie auf physiologischer Grundlage, 3rd ed., vols. 1–2. Jena,1935. REFERENCE Schenk, H. “A. F. Wilhelm Schimper.” Berichte der Deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft, 1901, vol. 19, issue 1. (Contains bibliography.)
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