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Wilhelm Hofmeister
(18 May 1824 - 12 Jan 1877)
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Wilhelm Hofmeister
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Quotes by others about Wilhelm Hofmeister (2)
Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially—a translation of Hofmeister's epoch-making treatise on the comparative morphology of plants. This book, studied while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, was undoubtedly the most important factor in determining the trend of my botanical investigation for many years.
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer months, before business, at Leipzig in the years before 1851, that the vision first appeared of a common type of Life-Cycle, running through Mosses and Ferns to Gymnosperms and Flowering Plants, linking the whole series in one scheme of reproduction and life-history.
See also:
- 18 May - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Hofmeister's birth.
- Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister - Obituary from Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1877).