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Also Known As Ferdinand Gustav Julius von Sachs
Born October 2, 1832 • Germany
Died May 29, 1897 (aged 64) • Würzburg • Germany
Notable Works “Handbuch der Experimental Physiologie der Pflanzen” • “History of Botany 1530-1860” • “Lehrbuch der Botanik”
Subjects Of Study plant • transpiration • tropism
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Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
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Adolf Engler
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Mohl, lithograph after a drawing by J. Kull, c. 1850
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