Friedrich Markgraf

Friedrich Markgraf (1 February 1897 in Berlin-Friedenau 8 March 1987) was a German botanist.

Life and work

After secondary school, Markgraf studied biology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University Berlin. In 1922 he was awarded a Ph.D. for a thesis on the subject of a botanic-ecological study of the Bredower forest near Berlin.

After his habilitation he became first a professor of botany at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and then at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and director of the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg (1956-1958). Markgraf was also visiting professor of botany at the University of Zurich. During his teaching and research activities, he was primarily concerned with questions of botanical systematics, plant morphology and phytogeography and he also undertook research while travelling in the Mediterranean. In particular he made an important start on the study of the local flora of Albania.[1] He acted as the Regional Adviser on Albania for Flora Europaea.

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References

  1. Peter Barnes, Petrit Hoda (2001). copy at Barnes-Botany.co.uk "Plant exploration in Albania" Check |url= value (help). Curtis's Botanical Magazine 18 (3): 170–179. doi:10.1111/1467-8748.00310.
  2. "Author Query for 'Markgr.'". International Plant Names Index.
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