How to Pronounce Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt
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Nov 29, 1903 Baden Württemberg, Germany Died on 21 Feb 1977 (aged 73)
German botanist
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About Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt
- Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (28 February 1903, Schmie, Baden-Württemberg – 21 February 1977, Pretoria) was a German botanist. In 1904 he moved with his parents to Pretoria, where he later studied at Transvaal University.
- From 1922 to 1924 he was a student at the University of Bonn (1922–24), later becoming a professor in Pretoria.
- From 1940 to 1964 he served as inspector of the Botanical Garden at the University of Göttingen.During his career he collected plants in Transvaal, South-West Africa, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Natal.
- The plant species Gasteria schweickerdtiana is named after him. The H.G.W.J Schweickerdt Herbarium (PRU) at the University of Pretoria is named in his honour.
