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Nov 24, 1823 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Died on 18 Aug 1866 (aged 42)

German botanist

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About Georg Heinrich Mettenius

  • Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in Frankfurt am Main.
  • He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun (1805–1877). In 1845 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelberg.
  • After graduation, he studied marine algae in Helgoland and Fiume.
  • In 1848 he returned to Heidelberg as a privat-docent, and was later appointed an associate professor of botany at Freiburg.
  • In 1852 he became a full professor at the University of Leipzig as well as director of its botanical garden.
  • He died of cholera in Leipzig at the age of 42.Mettenius was a leading authority in the field of pteridology.
  • The plant genus Metteniusa (family Metteniusaceae) is named in his honor.

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