Ferdinand von Mueller

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German-Australian physician and geographer

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Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victora, Australia by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853,... Wikipedia

Born: June 30, 1825, Rostock, Germany

Died: October 10, 1896 (age 71 years), Melbourne, Australia

Nationality: Australian and German

Books: Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ, Definitions of Rare Or Hitherto Undescribed Australian Plants, and more

Education: University of Kiel

Edited works: Report on the Forest Resources of Western Australia, Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Analytical Drawings of Australian Mosses, and more

Awards: Clarke Medal