Alexander Chirch ( Alexander Tschirch ) - German botanist, anatomist, professor of pharmacognosy in Bern.
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| Date of Birth | October 17, 1856 |
| Place of Birth | Guben |
| Date of death | December 2, 1939 (83 years) |
| Place of death | Berne |
| A country | German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich |
| Scientific field | botany , pharmacology |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are complemented by the abbreviation " Tschirch " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Known for his work on the anatomy and physiology of plants and plant chemistry, especially his research on chlorophyll (Untersuchungen über Chlorophyll, Berlin 1884).
Proceedings
- "Angewandte Pflanzenanafcomie" (Lpc., 1889);
- Untersuchungen über das Chlorophyll (Berl, 1884);
- "Indische Heil- und Nutzpflanzen" (Berl., 1892);
- Die Harze und die Harzbehälter (Lpz., 1900);
- Anatomisches Atlas der Pharmakognosie und Nahrungsmittelkunde (Leipzig, 1900).
The church is known as a great connoisseur of plant anatomy, and his voluminous work on plant anatomy just cited, supplied with a mass of rare drawings, and his anatomical atlas are very important scientific aids for botanists, physicians, pharmacists and pharmacologists.
Literature
- Chirkh, Alexander // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.