Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz

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Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (3 January 1804 – 30 December 1876) was a German pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Zweibrücken.

He initially learned the pharmacy profession at his father's store in Zweibrücken. In 1827 be began studies in Munich, later performing post-doctoral work in Tübingen. In 1832 he became owner of a pharmacy in Bitsch, and in 1853 relocated to Weissenburg.

Schultz was a specialist regarding the botanical family Orobanchaceae. One of his better known publications was a book on Palatinate flora called Flora der Pfalz. With Paul Constant Billot (1796-1863), he was co-author of Archives de la flore de France et d’Allemagne.[1][2]

In 1840 with his brother, Carl Heinrich Schultz (1805-1867), et al., he founded the scientific society POLLICHIA, a group specializing in nature studies of the Rheinland-Pfalz region.

References[edit]

  • Ernst Wunschmann (1891), "Schultz, Friedrich Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 32, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 706–707
  • Index des botanistes - Fleurs sauvages de l'Yonne
  1. ^ Open Library Annotations a la flore de France et d'allemagne
  2. ^ WorldCat Titles Archives de la Flore de France et d’Allemagne
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  F.W.Schultz.