Oswald Heer
Botanist
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Oswald Heer, Swiss geologist and naturalist, was born at Niederuzwil in Canton of St. Gallen and died in Lausanne. Wikipedia
Born: August 31, 1809, Niederuzwil, Uzwil, Switzerland
Died: September 27, 1883 (age 74 years), Lausanne, Switzerland
Notable students: Carl Nägeli and Johann Jacob Egli
Academic advisors: Ernst Friedrich Germar, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, and Christian Ludwig Nitzsch
Awards: Wollaston Medal
Education: University of Zurich and Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
