How to Pronounce Johann Hedwig
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Dec 08, 1730 Brașov, Brașov County, Romania Died on 18 Feb 1799 (aged 68)
German botanist
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About Johann Hedwig
- Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses.
- He is sometimes called the "father of bryology".
- He is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams.
- Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as Ioannis Hedwig or Ioanne Hedwig.
- The standard author abbreviation Hedw.
- is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
