Ernst Hallier

Ernst Hallier (15 November 1831, Hamburg – 19 December 1904, Dachau) was a German botanist and mycologist.

As a young man he was trained as a gardener, later studying botany at the Universities of Berlin, Jena and Göttingen. From 1858 he served as an instructor at the Pharmaceutical Institute in Jena, where in 1860 he obtained his habilitation. In 1865 he became an associate professor, resigning his professorship 19 years later (1884).

Written works

He published revisions of Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch's "Taschenbuch der deutschen und schweizerischen Flora" (Handbook of German and Swiss Flora) and "Synopsis florae germanicae et helveticae" (3rd edition, 1890 ff.). He was also responsible for a revision of Schlechtendal, Langethal & Schenk's "Flora von Deutschland" (5th edition, Gera 1880–1888, 30 volumes).[1] The following are some of his original botanical writings:

Hallier was a disciple of the philosophy of Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773-1843),[3] and was the author of several philosophical writings:

References

  1. Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 8. Leipzig 1907, S. 661. (biographical and bibliographical information)
  2. IDREF.fr (bibliography)
  3. Eisler, Rudolf: philosophers dictionary. Berlin 1912, page 223
  4. "Author Query for 'Hallier'". International Plant Names Index.
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