Friedrich Christoph Wilhelm (Friedrich) Alefeld
1820–72
German physician, botanist, and horticulturist. Studied medicine and natural sciences at Gießen and Heidelberg, receiving his doctorate in 1843. From 1844, worked as a physician in south-west Germany and studied the taxonomy of native German crops, especially those in the Leguminosae and Malvaceae.
Sources
ADB
DBE
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.
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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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