Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt (Wilhelm) Hofmeister
1824–77
German botanist. Joined the family publishing, music, and bookshop business in 1841. Honorary doctor of philosophy, University of Rostock, for his work on the embryology of flowering plants, 1851. Professor of botany and director of the botanic garden, University of Heidelberg, 1863–72; professor of botany, University of Tübingen, 1872–6.
Sources
ADB
DSB
Goebel 1926
NDB
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
Goebel, K. von. 1926. Wilhelm Hofmeister. The work and life of a nineteenth century botanist. With a biographical supplement by Constanze Ganzenmüller. Translated by H. M. Bower. Botanical editor, F. O. Bower. London: Ray Society.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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