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Oct 04, 1793 Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany Died on 30 Apr 1851 (aged 57)
German botanist
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About Gustav Kunze
- Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig – 30 April 1851, Leipzig) was a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids. Kunze joined the Wernerian Natural History Society in Edinburgh in 1817.
- He later became Zoology Professor at Leipzig University and in 1837 was appointed director of the Botanical Gardens in Leipzig.
- In 1851 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The plant genus Kunzea was named in his honour.
