Carl Moritz Gottsche
1808
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1892
country of citizenship: German Empire
educated at: University of Kiel
occupation: botanist, bryologist, entomologist, physician, university teacher
Carl Moritz Gottsche (3 July 1808 – 28 September 1892) was a German physician and bryologist born in Altona. He was the father of geologist Carl Christian Gottsche (1859-1909). Gottsche was a leading authority of Hepaticae. With Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858) and Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (1781-1851), he was author of Synopsis Hepaticarum (1844-47), which was a landmark work in the field of hepaticology. In 1881 he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Kiel.The botanical genera of liverworts; Gottschea in the family Schistochilaceae is named after him, as well as Gottschelia, which is in the family Cephaloziellaceae. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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