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Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli: Quick Facts

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Born March 27, 1817 • Switzerland
Died May 10, 1891 (aged 74) • Munich • Germany
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Mohl, lithograph after a drawing by J. Kull, c. 1850
Hugo von Mohl
German botanist
Mirbel, Charles-François Brisseau de
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
French botanist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
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Augustin Pyrame de Candolle
Swiss botanist
Albrecht von Haller, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a portrait by Sigmund Freudenberger
Albrecht von Haller
Swiss biologist
Gaspard Bauhin
Gaspard Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist
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Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle
Swiss botanist
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Albert F. Frey-Wyssling
Swiss botanist
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Jean Senebier
Swiss botanist
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John Coulter
American botanist
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Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
botanist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Potawatomi writer and scientist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
British scientist
Portrait of William Bartram
William Bartram
American naturalist, botanist, and artist
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist

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