Arend Friedrich Wiegmann
1771–1853
German pharmacist and botanist. Lecturer in natural science at a college in Brunswick (Braunschweig) from 1821; professor, 1832. His research on plant hybridisation was recognised by the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1826.
Sources
BHGW
Roberts 1929, pp. 160–4
Taxonomic literature.
Bibliography
BHGW: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften enthaltend Nachweisung über Lebensverhältnisse und Leistungen von Mathematikern, Astronomen, Physikern, Chemikern, Mineralogen, Geologen usw. By Johann Christian Poggendorff. 5 vols. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth; Verlag Chemie. 1863–1926.
Roberts, H. F. 1929. Plant hybridisation before Mendel. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Taxonomic literature: Taxonomic literature. A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. By Frans A. Stafleu and Richard S. Cowan. 2d edition. 7 vols. Utrecht, Netherlands: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. The Hague, Netherlands: W. Junk. 1976–88.
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